Before going home, Dr. Rosen tries to flesh out his patient notes. He can remember the first and last sessions of the day, but his memory of the middle ones is a bit fuzzy. Dr. Rosen's memory reflects the ________ effect.

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The serial position effect encompasses both the primacy effect (better recall of items at the beginning of a list) and the recency effect (better recall of items at the end of a list), which explains Dr. Rosen's memory pattern.

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