▁li ken ing ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁computer ▁processing ▁model . ▁Two ▁important ▁books ▁influenced ▁the ▁revolution : ▁Pl ans ▁and ▁Struct ures ▁of ▁Be havior ▁by ▁George ▁Miller , ▁Eug ene ▁Gal anter , ▁and ▁Karl ▁H . ▁P rib ram ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁and ▁C ogn itive ▁Psych ology ▁by ▁Ul ric ▁Ne isser ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁ ▁Both ▁provided ▁arguments ▁for ▁an ▁information - processing ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁mind . ▁Allen ▁New ell ▁and ▁Herbert ▁A . ▁Simon ▁constructed ▁computer ▁programs ▁that ▁sim ulated ▁the ▁thought ▁processes ▁people ▁go ▁through ▁when ▁solving ▁different ▁kinds ▁of ▁problems . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁interest ▁in ▁short - term ▁memory ▁( ST M ) ▁increased . ▁Before ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁there ▁was ▁very ▁little ▁research ▁that ▁studied ▁the ▁work ings ▁of ▁short - term ▁memory ▁and ▁rapid ▁memory ▁loss . ▁Lloyd ▁and ▁Margaret ▁Pet erson ▁observed ▁that ▁when ▁people ▁are ▁given ▁a ▁short ▁list ▁of ▁words ▁or ▁letters ▁and ▁then ▁are ▁dist ract ed ▁and ▁occupied ▁with ▁another ▁task ▁for ▁few ▁seconds , ▁their ▁memory ▁for ▁the ▁list ▁is ▁greatly ▁decre ased . ▁At kin son ▁and ▁Sh if fr in ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁created ▁the ▁short ▁term ▁memory ▁model , ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁popular ▁model ▁for ▁studying ▁short ▁term ▁memory . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁major ▁development ▁in ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁memory ▁recall ▁was ▁End el ▁Tul ving ' s ▁proposition ▁of