serial position effect

noun

Etymology

Coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus.

Definitions

  1. The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the…

    The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

    • Meronyms: primacy effect, recency effect

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for serial position effect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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