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recency effect [ˈriːsənsɪ]

(Psychology) Psychol the phenomenon that when people are asked to recall in any order the items on a list, those that come at the end of the list are more likely to be recalled than the others

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No references found			Given its robust nature, the serial position effect is a great in-class demonstration, and results provide an opportunity to apply the classic "stages of processing" theory of human memory. Keg and the Serial Position Effect: A Robust Classroom Demonstration. ... by Beauchamp, Alan S.; Moore, Amy; Kimble, Pamela / Michigan Academician For example, when animals must learn about sequences composed of unrelated or consistently unorganized items, such as sequences of color slides or random sequences of spatial locations, the classical serial position effect and related effects are readily observed in learning and memory in these species (Kesner & Novak, 1982; Sands & Wright, 1980; Wright, Santiago, Sands, Kendrick, & Cook, 1985). Serial-pattern learning in mice: pattern structure and phrasing by Fountain, Stephen B.; Krauchunas, Scott M.; Rowan, James D. / The Psychological Record			Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky Sergei Diaghilev Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov serger Sergipe Sergt serial serial assignment table serial correlation Serial homology serial killer serial killing serial monogamy serial murderer serial music serial number serial operation serial port Serial position effect serial printer serial processing serial publication Serial symmetry serialisation serialise serialism Seriality serialization serialize serially seriate seriatim Seriation sericea lespedeza sericeous sericin Sericite Sericocarpus sericterium serictery sericultural sericulture sericulturist Serie			Serial Parallel Digital Serial passage Serial passage Serial passage Serial passage Serial Pattern of Expression Levels Locator Serial PCMCIA Tactical Communications Interface Modem Serial Peripheral Interface Serial Peripheral Interface Serial Peripheral Interface 0 Serial Peripheral Interface Bus Serial Peripheral Interface Flag Serial Peripheral Unit Controller Serial Peripheral Unit Controller / Data Link Serial Poll Mode Register Serial polygamy serial port serial port serial port Serial Port Adapter Serial Port Console Redirection Serial Port Control Register Serial Port Control Register 1 Serial Port Memory Technology Serial Port Mode Serial Port Monitoring Control Serial port pinouts Serial Port Profile Serial ports Serial ports Serial position effect Serial Presence Detect Serial Presence Detect serial printer serial printer serial processing serial processing serial processing serial processor Serial production Serial production Serial Programmable Read Only Memory serial programming Serial Protocol Channel serial publication Serial Quad I/O Serial Quasi-Band Limited Minimum Shift Key serial radiography serial radiography serial radiography Serial RapidIO Serial Reaction Time Task Serial Read-Only Memory Serial Receive Data Serial redemption Serial Redemptions Serial Remote Terminal Unit serial s serial s serial s serial s

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recency effect (redirected from Serial position effect)

recency effect
(redirected from Serial position effect)