recency effect

/ ˈriːsənsɪ /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

The recency effect could tilt a team toward overpaying for Montgomery, whose trade deadline acquisition by the Texas Rangers was key to their World Series title run.

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There was a substantial recency effect and generational gaps though.

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The cognitive issues in this approach are instructive: risk aversion, recency effect, trusting narrative over data, lack of self-awareness, over-confidence in one’s stock-picking skills, optimism that the market can be timed or the best asset class can be identified.

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The recency effect, part of the serial position effect, is the notion that the thing people remember best is the last thing on a list.

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This sort of error can be attributed to the recency effect: People tend to assume that what just happened will likely to keep happening, even if it is somewhat unusual.

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