When learning a list of items, most people have the hardest time recalling the items from the middle of the list.

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This phenomenon is known as the serial position effect, where people tend to remember the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. This is further divided into the primacy effect (better recall of the first items) and the recency effect (better recall of the last items).

When Learning a List of Items, Most People Have the Hardest