?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Preliminary+Evidence%3A+Diagnosed+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+Disease+But+Not+MCI+Affects+Working+Memory+Capacity%3A+0.7+of+2.7+Memory+Slots+is+Lost&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Eugen&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=Recently+it+was+shown+explicitly+that+free+recall+consists+of+two+stages%3A+the+first+few+recalls+empty+working+memory+(narrowly+defined)+and+a+second+stage%2C+a+reactivation+stage%2C+concludes+the+recall+(Tarnow%2C+2015%3B+for+a+review+of+the+theoretical+predictions+see+Murdock%2C+1974).+It+was+also+shown+that+the+serial+position+curve+changes+in+mild+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease+%E2%80%93+lowered+total+recall+and+lessened+primacy+-+are+similar+to+second+stage+recall+and+different+from+recall+from+working+memory.%0D%0AThe+Tarnow+Unchunkable+Test+(TUT%2C+Tarnow%2C+2013)+uses+double+integer+items+to+separate+out+only+the+first+stage%2C+the+emptying+of+working+memory%2C+by+making+it+difficult+to+reactivate+items+due+to+the+lack+of+intra-item+relationships.++%0D%0AHere+it+is+shown+that+subject+TUT+selects+out+diagnosed+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+Disease+but+not+MCI.+On+average%2C+diagnosed+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+Disease+is+correlated+with+a+loss+of+0.7+memory+slots+(out+of+an+average+of+2.7+slots).%0D%0AThe+identification+of+a+lost+memory+slot+may+have+implications+for+improved+stage+definitions+of+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease+and+for+remediation+therapy+via+working+memory+capacity+management.++In+conjunction+with+the+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease+process+map%2C+it+may+also+be+useful+to+identify+the+exact+location+of+working+memory.%0D%0A&rft.date=2016-03-20&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F10089%2F1%2FADRCPaper.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Eugen++(2016)+Preliminary+Evidence%3A+Diagnosed+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+Disease+But+Not+MCI+Affects+Working+Memory+Capacity%3A+0.7+of+2.7+Memory+Slots+is+Lost.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F10089%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>