Mental models/Serial Position Effect
Memory & Recognition

Serial Position Effect

The tendency to recall the first (primacy effect) and last (recency effect) items in a series best, with middle items being recalled least well.

In plain language

People best remember the first and last items in a sequence. The middle gets lost.

In the wild

Implementations of this model aren’t wired to this view yet — they live in the implementations table.

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