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Why have earlier studies of short-term memory capacity overestimated its capacity, according to Cowan?

◦ The studies failed to control for prior exposure to familiar test items.
◦ Researchers used university students with above-average memory abilities.
◦ Researchers used nonsense syllables, which are unnatural stimuli.
◦ The studies failed to control for participants' tendency to chunk information.
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