?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Properties+of+the+Short+Term+Memory+Structure&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.subject=Neurology&rft.subject=Neuroanatomy&rft.description=Properties+of+a+short+term+memory+structure+are+discovered+in+the+data+of+Rubin%2C+Hinton+and+Wenzel+(1999)%3A++Cued-recall+probability+and+search+time+are+linearly+related+from+6+seconds+to+666+seconds+after+stimulus+presentation+with+a+zero+probability+of+cued-recall+at+2.6+seconds+and+a+100%25+recall+probability+at+1.3+seconds.++This+linear+relationship+defines+a+short+term+memory+structure+which+is+a+moving+structure%3A++the+memory+structure+travels+away+from+the+starting+point+of+the+search+(suggesting+that+the+starting+points+of+the+search+and+storage+are+the+same)%2C+decaying+with+a+rate+proportional+to+the+time+it+takes+to+find+the+structure.++The+travel+speed+is+slower+than+Brownian+motion.++The+incorrect+recall+time+saturates%2C+giving+an+upper+limit+for+the+number+of+neurons+involved+in+the+short+term+memory+structure+of+3*108+using+an+interneuron+transfer+time+or+4+msecs+or+3*106+using+an+neuron-neuron+transfer+time+of+20msecs.&rft.date=2005-04&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4273%2F1%2FThe_structure_of_short_term_memory_-_Tarnow.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen++(2005)+Properties+of+the+Short+Term+Memory+Structure.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4273%2F