Selma's mother recited to her a list of things to buy at the grocery store, and now that Selma is there, she can only remember the items from the end of the list. This phenomenon is called __________.

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The recency effect is a memory phenomenon where individuals tend to remember items at the end of a list better than those in the middle or at the beginning. This is because the most recently presented items are still in short-term memory.

Selma's Mother Recited to Her a List of Things to Buy