A drug that prevents processing of information into long-term memory is administered to a subject prior to a memory task. Under these conditions, which effect will likely be eliminated?
A) The primacy effect will be eliminated.
B) The recency effect will be eliminated.
C) Any recall of items will be eliminated.
D) Neither the primacy nor the recency effect will be eliminated.

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The primacy effect is related to the ability to remember items at the beginning of a list because they are more likely to be transferred to long-term memory. If a drug prevents the processing of information into long-term memory, the primacy effect would be eliminated because this effect relies on long-term memory storage.

A Drug That Prevents Processing of Information into Long-Term Memory