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===Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model=== According to the dual store memory model proposed in 1968 by [[Richard C. Atkinson]] and [[Richard Shiffrin]], memories can reside in the short-term "buffer" for a limited time while they are simultaneously strengthening their associations in LTM.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Malmberg |first1=Kenneth J. |last2=Raaijmakers |first2=Jeroen G. W. |last3=Shiffrin |first3=Richard M. |date=May 2019 |title=50 years of research sparked by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) |journal=Memory & Cognition |language=en |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=561–574 |doi=10.3758/s13421-019-00896-7 |issn=0090-502X|doi-access=free |pmid=30689198 }}</ref> When items are first presented, they enter short-term memory for approximately twenty to thirty seconds,<ref name="Goldstein, E. Bruce, 1941–2015">{{Cite book|title=Cognitive psychology : connecting mind, research and everyday experience|last=Goldstein, E. Bruce, 1941–|date=2015|publisher=Cengage learning|isbn=978-1285763880|edition=4th|location=New york|oclc=885178247}}</ref> but due to its limited space, as new items enter, older ones are pushed out. The limit of items that can be held in the short-term memory is an average between four and seven, yet, with practice and new skills that number can be increased.<ref name="Goldstein, E. Bruce, 1941–2015"/> However, each time an item in short-term memory is rehearsed, it is strengthened in long-term memory. Similarly, the longer an item stays in short-term memory, the stronger its association becomes in long-term memory.<ref name="Atkinson 1968 89–195">{{cite book |pages=89–195| last1=Atkinson| first1=R.C.| last2=Shiffrin | first2=R.M.| year=1968| title=Chapter: Human memory: A proposed system and its control processes| volume=2| doi=10.1016/s0079-7421(08)60422-3| series=Psychology of Learning and Motivation| isbn=9780125433020| s2cid=22958289| url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2qq391s9}}</ref>
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