creators_name: Miller, J. F.
creators_name: Weidemann, Christoph T.
creators_name: Kahana, M. J.
type: journalp
datestamp: 2012-11-09 20:00:14
lastmod: 2013-02-18 15:13:07
metadata_visibility: show
title: Recall termination in free recall
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
full_text_status: public
abstract: Although much is known about the dynamics of
memory search in the free recall task, relatively little is
known about the factors related to recall termination. Rean-
alyzing individual trial data from 14 prior studies (1,079
participants in 28,015 trials) and defining termination as
occurring when a final response is followed by a long
nonresponse interval, we observed that termination proba-
bility increased throughout the recall period and that retriev-
al was more likely to terminate following an error than
following a correct response. Among errors, termination
probability was higher following prior-list intrusions and
repetitions than following extralist intrusions. To verify that
this pattern of results can be seen in a single study, we report
a new experiment in which 80 participants contributed recall
data from a total of 9,122 trials. This experiment replicated
the pattern observed in the aggregate analysis of the prior
studies.

date: 2012
date_type: published
publication: Memory & Cognition
volume: 40
pagerange: 540-550
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Miller, J. F. and Weidemann, Christoph T. and Kahana, M. J.  (2012) Recall termination in free recall.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/8719/1/MillerEtAl2012.pdf