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cognition

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serial position curve

serial position curve A serial position curve is the predictable pattern of memory performance across items in an ordered series, such as remembering presidents better depending on where they fall in the sequence.

A serial position curve is the predictable pattern of memory performance across items in an ordered series, such as remembering presidents better depending on where they fall in the sequence. In this packet, recognition of presidents’ names and faces both followed this kind of ordered-memory pattern.