?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Short+term+memory+decays+and+high+presentation+rates+hurry+this+decay%3A++The+Murdock+free+recall+experiments+interpreted+in+the+Tagging%2FRetagging+model&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=I+show+that+the+curious+free+recall+data+of+Murdock+(1962)+can+be+explained+by+the+Tagging%2FRetagging+model+of+short+term+memory+(Tarnow%2C+2009+and+2008)+in+which+a+short+term+memory+item+is+a+tagged+long+term+memory+item.++The+tagging+(linear+in+time)+corresponds+to+the+synaptic+process+of+exocytosis+and+the+loss+of+tagging+(logarithmic+in+time)+corresponds+to+synaptic+endocytosis.++The+Murdock+recent+item+recall+probabilities+follow+a+logarithmic+decay+with+time+of+recall.++The+slope+of+the+decay+increases+with+increasing+presentation+rate.++This+is+consistent+with+endocytosis+since+higher+presentation+rates+lead+to+a+higher+frequency+of+exocytosis+which+increases+the+intracellular+concentration+of+Ca+ions+which+in+turn+increases+the+speed+of+the+endocytosis+process+(Sankaranarayanan+and+Ryan%2C+2001).++The+initial+Murdock+items%2C+with+an+effective+low+presentation+rate%2C+decay+with+the+slowest+logarithmic+slope.%0D%0AIf+short+term+memory+decays+and+this+decay+is+hurried+by+increases+in+the+item+presentation+rates%2C+a+slower+presentation+rate+leads+to+a+slower+decaying+short+term+memory.++Presentation+rate+is+then+presumably+an+important+factor+in+determining+the+probability+of+items+entering+long+term+memory.+++It+suggests+a+basis+for+memory+loss+in+busy+adults%2C+a+basis+for+the+importance+of+slow+music+practice%2C+a+basis+for+long+term+memory+deficiencies+for+people+with+attention+deficits+who+may+be+artificially+increasing+the+presentation+rates+of+their+surroundings.&rft.date=2009-08-01&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6594%2F1%2FFree_Recall_Model_and_Tagging.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen++(2009)+Short+term+memory+decays+and+high+presentation+rates+hurry+this+decay%3A+The+Murdock+free+recall+experiments+interpreted+in+the+Tagging%2FRetagging+model.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6594%2F