?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Word+Free+Recall+Search+Scales+Linearly+With+Number+of+Items+Recalled&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.description=I+find+that+the+total+search+time+in+word+free+recall%2C+averaged+over+item+position%2C+increases+linearly+with+the+number+of+items+recalled.++Thus+the+word+free+recall+search+algorithm+scales+the+same+as+the+low-error+recognition+of+integers+(Sternberg%2C+1966).++The+result+suggests+that+both+simple+integer+recognition+and+the+more+complex+word+free+recall+use+the+same+search+algorithm.++The+proportionality+constant+of+2-4+seconds+per+item+(a+hundred+times+larger+than+for+integer+recognition)+is+a+power+function+of+the+proportion+not+remembered+and+seems+to+be+the+same+function+for+word+free+recall+in+young+and+old+subjects%2C+high+and+low+presentation+rates+and+delayed+and+immediate+free+recall.++The+linear+scaling+of+the+search+algorithm+is+different+from+what+is+commonly+assumed+to+be+the+word+free+recall+search+algorithm%2C+search+by+random+sampling.++The+linearity+of+the+word+free+recall+extends+down+to+3+items+which+presents+a+challenge+to+the+prevalent+working+memory+theory+in+which+3-5+items+are+proposed+to+be+stored+in+a+separate+high-availability+store.&rft.date=2013-01-02&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8797%2F1%2FSubmission010213.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen++(2013)+Word+Free+Recall+Search+Scales+Linearly+With+Number+of+Items+Recalled.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8797%2F