At the grocery store I forget a number of things that were on a list that I was mentally trying to remember. I left the actual list at home. When I look at the list when I get home, I notice that I forgot all the things that were in the center of the list. The items at the beginning and end of the list I purchased. This is to be expected considering:

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The serial position effect explains that people tend to remember the first and last items in a list better than those in the middle.

At the Grocery Store I Forget a Number of Things