?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Murdock+free+recall+data%3A+The+initial+recall+search+identifies+the+context+by+the+location+of+the+least+remembered+item+and+produces+only+better+remembered+items+in+proportion+to+the+total+recall+difference.&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=The+curious+free+recall+data+of+Murdock+(1962)+shows+an+additional+surprise+that+seems+to+have+gone+undetected+until+now%3A+the+probability+of+guessing+an+item+in+the+initial+recall+is+not+identical+to+the+overall+free+recall+curve.+Initial+recall+of+an+item+is+well+correlated+with+the+total+recall+of+that+item+using+a+straight+line+but+with+an+unexpected+offset.++The+offset+varies+with+the+presentation+rate+and+the+total+number+of+list+items+but+in+each+case+it+is+the+same+as+the+total+recall+probability+of+the+least+recalled+item.++Thus+for+the+initial+%E2%80%9Cfreest%E2%80%9D+of+recalls+the+location+of+the+least+remembered+item+is+identified%2C+in+effect+identifying+the+context%2C+and+from+there+the+items+recalled+are+those+better+remembered+items%2C+in+proportion+to+the+probability+of+total+recall.++Within+the+tagging%2Fretagging+model+(Tarnow%2C+2008%2C+2009)+the+free+recall+starts+by+an+identification+of+a+discontinuity+in+the+activity+level+and+produces+an+item+with+a+probability+according+to+the+relative+activity+level.+%0D%0AI+speculate+that+the+activation+level+and+its+discontinuity+is+detected+by+glial+cells+assisting+in+rebuilding+post-activation+empty+presynaptic+neurotransmitter+vesicles.&rft.date=2009-11-23&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6731%2F1%2FInitial_Free_Recall.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen++(2009)+Murdock+free+recall+data%3A+The+initial+recall+search+identifies+the+context+by+the+location+of+the+least+remembered+item+and+produces+only+better+remembered+items+in+proportion+to+the+total+recall+difference.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6731%2F