Participants in running memory span tasks report the
last n items from lists that are m 1 n items long. In this
article, the last n items that are to be reported are called
targets. The m 1 n items that are presented are called inputs.
Partial recall trials (m . 0) occur when more items
are shown than are to be recalled. In contrast, whole recall
trials (m 5 0) occur when the same number of items
is shown as is to be recalled (Mukunda & Hall, 1992).
artial recall trials (m . 0) occur when more items
are shown than are to be recalled.