Bennet Murdock: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Bennet Murdock, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

You remember the start and end of a list, and forget the middle
Ask someone to recall a list moments after hearing it and two patterns appear every time: the first few items are recalled best (primacy), the last few almost as well (recency), an…
— Bennet Murdock, The Serial Position Effect of Free Recall
In a list you just heard, you remember the last few items best — for about 30 seconds
When people recall a list immediately, the last few items come back easiest, a pattern called the recency effect. It combines with the primacy effect to form a U-shaped recall curv…
— Bennet Murdock, The Serial Position Effect of Free Recall

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