George Armitage Miller information

George Armitage Miller
George Armitage Miller
Born	February 3, 1920; Charleston, West Virginia, US
Died	July 22, 2012 (aged 92); Plainsboro, New Jersey, US
Alma mater	Harvard University; University of Alabama;
Known for	Contributions to Cognitive Psychology and Science; The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two; Directing WordNet;
Awards	National Medal of Science (1991); Louis E. Levy Medal (1991); APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (2003);
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychology, cognitive science
Institutions	Princeton University; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rockefeller University; Oxford University; University of Alabama; American Psychological Association;
Thesis	Optimal Design of Jamming Signals (1946)
Doctoral advisor	Stanley Smith Stevens
Notable students	George Sperling, Ulric Neisser

George Armitage Miller (February 3, 1920 – July 22, 2012)^[1] was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science. He also contributed to the birth of psycholinguistics. Miller wrote several books and directed the development of WordNet, an online word-linkage database usable by computer programs. He authored the paper, "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two," in which he observed that many different experimental findings considered together reveal the presence of an average limit of seven for human short-term memory capacity. This paper is frequently cited by psychologists and in the wider culture. Miller won numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science.

Miller began his career when the reigning theory in psychology was behaviorism, which eschewed the study of mental processes and focused on observable behavior. Rejecting this approach, Miller devised experimental techniques and mathematical methods to analyze mental processes, focusing particularly on speech and language. Working mostly at Harvard University, MIT and Princeton University, he went on to become one of the founders of psycholinguistics and was one of the key figures in founding the broader new field of cognitive science, c. 1978. He collaborated and co-authored work with other figures in cognitive science and psycholinguistics, such as Noam Chomsky. For moving psychology into the realm of mental processes and for aligning that move with information theory, computation theory, and linguistics, Miller is considered one of the great twentieth-century psychologists. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Miller as the 20th most cited psychologist of that era.^[2]

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[2] Haggbloom, Steven J.; Powell, John L. III; Warnick, Jason E.; Jones, Vinessa K.; Yarbrough, Gary L.; Russell, Tenea M.; Borecky, Chris M.; McGahhey, Reagan; et al. (2002). "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century". Review of General Psychology. 6 (2): 139–152. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.586.1913. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. S2CID 145668721.

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George Armitage Miller

Born	(1920-02-03)February 3, 1920 Charleston, West Virginia, US
Died	July 22, 2012(2012-07-22) (aged 92) Plainsboro, New Jersey, US
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Alabama
Known for	Contributions to Cognitive Psychology and Science The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two Directing WordNet
Awards	National Medal of Science (1991) Louis E. Levy Medal (1991) APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology, cognitive science
Institutions	Princeton University Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rockefeller University Oxford University University of Alabama American Psychological Association
Thesis	Optimal Design of Jamming Signals (1946)
Doctoral advisor	Stanley Smith Stevens
Notable students	George Sperling, Ulric Neisser