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
Examples of 'recency effect' in a sentence
recency effect
This is known as the 'primacy-recency' effect, and it can help you to remember telephone numbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Primacy and recency effects have been known about for more than 80 years.