?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Initial+Free+Recall+Data+Characterized+and+Explained+By+Activation+Theory+of+Short+Term+Memory&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr+Eugen&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=The+initial+recall+distribution+in+a+free+recall+experiment+is+shown+to+be+predictably+different+from+the+overall+free+recall+distribution+including+an+offset+which+can+cause+the+least+remembered+items+to+be+almost+completely+absent+from+the+first+recall.++Using+the+overall+free+recall+distribution+as+input+and+a+single+parameter+describing+the+probability+of+simultaneous+reactivated+items+per+number+of+items+in+the+presented+list%2C+activation+theory+not+only+qualitatively+but+quantitatively+describes+the+initial+recall+distributions+of+data+by+Murdock+(1962)+and+Kahana+et+al+(2002).++That+the+initial+free+recall+can+be+simply+explained+in+terms+of+the+overall+recall+suggests+that+theories+of+memory+based+on+interference+or+other+context+sensitive+information+are+false+since+knowledge+of+the+future+would+have+to+be+incorporated+to+predict+the+initial+recall.&rft.date=2011-10-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7660%2F1%2FInitial%2520Free%2520Recall.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr+Eugen++(2011)+Initial+Free+Recall+Data+Characterized+and+Explained+By+Activation+Theory+of+Short+Term+Memory.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7660%2F