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CURRENT theory tends to emphasize the importance of interference in forgetting and to minimize the role of time lapse in the decay of the memory trace, Conrad1, however, has recently shown that the immediate recall of eight-digit numbers is better when the numbers are presented and reproduced by subjects at a fast rate than when they are presented and reproduced at a slow rate. He interprets this finding as indicating that simple decay of the memory trace is an important factor in the loss of immediate memory.
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Conrad, R., Nature, 179, 831 (1957).
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FRASER, D. Decay of Immediate Memory with Age. Nature 182, 1163 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821163a0
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