@misc{cogprints797,
volume = {8},
number = {2},
title = {Very rapid forgetting},
author = {Paul Muter},
year = {1980},
pages = {174--179},
journal = {Memory \& Cognition},
keywords = {forgetting, memory, short-term memory, primary memory, consciousness},
url = {http://cogprints.org/797/},
abstract = {Human forgetting can be much more rapid than previous experiments have indicated. Subjects who do not expect a test after a filled retention interval can rarely recall three consonants correctly after 2 sec of distraction. If there are two kinds of memory, primary and secondary, the present technique provides a purer method of studying forgetting from primary memory.}
}