@misc{cogprints8719,
volume = {40},
title = {Recall termination in free recall},
author = {J. F. Miller and Christoph T. Weidemann and M. J. Kahana},
year = {2012},
pages = {540--550},
journal = {Memory \& Cognition},
url = {http://cogprints.org/8719/},
abstract = {Although much is known about the dynamics of
memory search in the free recall task, relatively little is
known about the factors related to recall termination. Rean-
alyzing individual trial data from 14 prior studies (1,079
participants in 28,015 trials) and defining termination as
occurring when a final response is followed by a long
nonresponse interval, we observed that termination proba-
bility increased throughout the recall period and that retriev-
al was more likely to terminate following an error than
following a correct response. Among errors, termination
probability was higher following prior-list intrusions and
repetitions than following extralist intrusions. To verify that
this pattern of results can be seen in a single study, we report
a new experiment in which 80 participants contributed recall
data from a total of 9,122 trials. This experiment replicated
the pattern observed in the aggregate analysis of the prior
studies.
}
}