creators_name: Muter, Paul
editors_name: Harnad, Stevan
type: journale
datestamp: 2001-12-05
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:51
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title: The nature of forgetting from short-term memory
ispublished: pub
subjects: BBS
subjects: cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: forgetting short-term memory consciousness
abstract: Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined.  Any account of short-term memory (STM) should address the following question: If three, four, or five chunks are being held in STM, what happens after attention is diverted?
date: 2001-02
date_type: published
publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
volume: 24
number: 1
publisher: Cambridge University Press
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Muter, Paul  (2001) The nature of forgetting from short-term memory.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/1963/1/cowanmuter.htm