?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Single+Parameter+Model+for+Free+Recall+And+the+Nature+of+Partially+Filled+Working+Memory&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=I+present+a+single+parameter+model+of+free+recall+and+fit+the+one+parameter%2C+the+probability+per+time+unit+of+an+item+in+working+memory+entering+the+next+memory+store+(similar+to+Atkinson+and+Shiffrin%2C+1968)%2C+to+the+original+Murdock+(1962)+data.++Working+memory+is+modeled+as+having+space+for+a+maximum+of+4+items+(Cowan%2C+2001).%0D%0AThe+first+four+probability+values+convey+precise+information+about+how+items+in+the+partially+filled+working+memory+enter+the+next+memory+store.++In+particular%2C+one+can+distinguish+between+four+separate+%E2%80%9Csub-stores%E2%80%9D+and+a+single+store+model.++Two+alternatives+follow+for+the+probability+of+an+item+in+the+initially+partially+filled+working+memory+store+to+enter+the+next+memory+store%3A++the+same+probability+as+a+single+item+in+the+filled+working+memory+or+a+probability+proportional+to+the+total+space+that+exists+in+working+memory.++I+find+that+the+latter+alternative+is+a+better+fit+(though+not+a+perfect+fit)%2C+suggesting+that+working+memory+is+not+divided+into+four+separate+sub-stores.++It+is+suggested+that+new+high+statistics+(low+noise)+experiments+on+short+lists+will+either+settle+the+issue+or+prove+theory+incorrect.&rft.date=2009-06-06&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6542%2F1%2FSingle_Parameter_Model.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen++(2009)+Single+Parameter+Model+for+Free+Recall+And+the+Nature+of+Partially+Filled+Working+Memory.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6542%2F