English Explanatory Dictionary

serial position effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

serial position effect serial position effects

Etymology

Coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus.

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