Apparently, per WP, "Tarnow shows that the recall probability vs. latency curve is a straight line from 6 to 600 seconds (ten minutes), with the probability of

Apparently, per WP, "Tarnow shows that the recall probability vs. latency curve is a straight line from 6 to 600 seconds (ten minutes), with the probability of failure to recall only saturating after 600 seconds."[1] So it seems reasonable that, indeed, the "short-term" store was functioning, but the long-term was failing to encode, and the loss occurred as the "short-term" store faded. Regardless, I'm glad it was transient. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-term_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-term_memory, which cites http://cogprints.org/4273/1/The_structure_of_short_term_memory_-_Tarnow.pdf http://cogprints.org/4273/1/The_structure_of_short_term_memo...