medium · MCAT psych-soc
During a research study on memory, participants are shown a list of 15 words. A group is asked to perform a complex math task for 30 seconds immediately after the last word is shown, then recall the list.
Which effect is most likely to be diminished compared to a group that recalls the words immediately?
- The recency effect
- The primacy effect
- The spacing effect
- Implicit memory
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