The serial position effect of free recall
Murdock, Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1962. Abstract states a steep primacy effect over roughly the first 3 or 4 words, an S-shaped recency effect over the last 8 words, and a horizontal stretch spanning between them. Abstract text is truncated after this.
Murdock, Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1962. Abstract states a steep primacy effect over roughly the first 3 or 4 words, an S-shaped recency effect over the last 8 words, and a horizontal stretch spanning between them. Abstract text is truncated after this.
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Journal of Experimental Psychology. doi:10.1037/h0045106 https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045106