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# George Miller

**Profile.** Psychologist who authored the **landmark 1956 article in *The Psychological Review*** on working-memory limits, demonstrating that individuals struggle to weigh more than **six or seven** options at once ("the magic number seven").

**Role in this source.** His research is the empirical anchor for the 6–7 option cap in [[concept-curated-options|curated options]].

**Attributed contribution to this vault:** the working-memory foundation behind [[claim-choice-architecture-limits]].

> **Enrichment.** The canonical reference is Miller's 1956 paper; the provided research did not include the paper itself, and the "6–7" rule is an oversimplification of the broader attention/memory literature.