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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cohen-Dallal H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6044536 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20180713 7
Information stored in visual short-term memory is used ubiquitously in daily life; however, it is forgotten rapidly within seconds. When more items are to be remembered, they are forgotten faster, potentially suggesting that stronger memories are forgotten less rapidly. Here we tested this prediction with three experiments that assessed the influence of memory strength on the rate of forgetting of visual information without manipulating the number of items. Forgetting rate was assessed by compar ...[more]