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Chunking
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Chunking is grouping individual items into larger meaningful units, increasing how much short-term memory can hold.
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A ten-digit phone number is held as three groups, and the ten-item limit stops applying.
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Chunking requires existing knowledge to build the chunks from. It is not available for unfamiliar material.