Abstract
Report of the missing member of a set depends upon retention of the other members presented. Such a missing scan reveals greater retention than does a digit span and, unlike the digit span, better retention of later than earlier presentations.
Keywords
Memory spanSet (abstract data type)Numerical digitSpan (engineering)Data retentionComputer scienceArithmeticStatisticsMathematicsPsychologyWorking memoryCognitionNeuroscienceEngineeringStructural engineering
MeSH Terms
HumansMemoryMemoryShort-Term
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- 1963
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 140
- Issue
- 3562
- Pages
- 56-57
- Citations
- 41
- Access
- Closed
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Herman Buschke
(1963).
Retention in Immediate Memory Estimated without Retrieval.
Science
, 140
(3562)
, 56-57.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.140.3562.56
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.140.3562.56
- PMID
- 14017286