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A new quantitative method in analysing the experiments on short term serial memory

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A new quantitative method is introduced into the analysis of the experiments on short term serial memory (STSM). In this method, three parameters are defined to quantitatively represent the performance of memory for item and time order information. These parameters are the divergence, the disorder and the similarity. This method is used in analysing the experiments on visuo-spatial STSM. The results show that the parameters may reflect some characteristics of STSM.

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  1. Center for Brain Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China

    Xiaowei Tang, Xiangchuan Chen & Daren Zhang

  2. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, China

    Xiaowei Tang

  3. Biology Department, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China

    Xiangchuan Chen & Daren Zhang

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 39570255) and the National Climbing Project B of China.

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Tang, X., Chen, X. & Zhang, D. A new quantitative method in analysing the experiments on short term serial memory. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 41, 460–464 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02917019

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