recency effect
/ (ˈriːsənsɪ) /
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noun
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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receiving end, receiving line, receiving order, receiving set, recency, recency effect, recension, recent, recently, recept, receptacle
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