?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Locating+Working+Memory+in+Word+Free+Recall+and+Estimating+its+Capacity+at+Less+Than+3.1+%2B%2F-+0.2+Words&rft.creator=Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+evidence+for+limited+capacity+is+strong+yet+there+is+a+controversy+as+to+whether+this+limited+capacity+can+be+seen+in+word+free+recall+data.++After+five+decades+since+the+first+word+free+recall+experiments%2C+I+present+clear+direct+evidence+for+a+dual+store+model+in+word+free+recall.++I+show+that+there+is+a+discontinuity+in+the+item+probability+during+the+first+recall%2C+the+recall+that+is+the+most+likely+to+originate+in+working+memory.++This+discontinuity+indicates+a+separation+between+the+items+that+are+initially+in+working+memory+and+the+items+which+are+retrieved+from+elsewhere+at+a+later+time%2C+presumably+via+an+association+with+one+or+more+working+memory+items.++The+items+that+are+not+initially+in+working+memory+are+those+that+are+the+least+likely+to+be+recalled+overall.+Assuming+that+the+first+recall+is+an+accurate+statistical+representation+of+working+memory%2C+and+that+the+probability+of+an+item+in+working+memory+cannot+exceed+the+overall+probability+of+recalling+that+item%2C+I+arrive+at+an+upper+limit+on+the+working+memory+capacity+of+3.1+%2B%2F-+0.2+words.&rft.date=2014-09-01&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9775%2F1%2FLimitedCapacityLimitFromFreeRecall.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tarnow%2C+Dr.+Eugen++(2014)+Locating+Working+Memory+in+Word+Free+Recall+and+Estimating+its+Capacity+at+Less+Than+3.1+%2B%2F-+0.2+Words.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9775%2F