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Subjects were presented with a string of digits, following which they were required to judge which of two test digits occurred more recently in the list. As predicted by a trace-decay model, when the earlier of the test digits was repeated, performance was worse than in the control condition.
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Morton, J. Repeated items and decay in memory. Psychon Sci 10, 219–220 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331489
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