Capacity limits of information processing in the brain

@article{Marois2005CapacityLO,
  title={Capacity limits of information processing in the brain},
  author={Ren{\'e} Marois and Jason Ivanoff},
  journal={Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={9},
  pages={296-305}
}
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