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memory
A final sound can wipe out your last memory.
The suffix effect is the finding that recall of the final items in a list is inhibited if an irrelevant, spoken sound is presented immediately after the list ends.
If a person is asked to remember a sequence of numbers, the addition of a 'useless' syllable like 'zero' at the end significantly decreases their ability to report the final items.
The most recent information you receive is the most fragile.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Crowder and Morton, 1969
- What the check found
- The claim accurately describes the established psychological phenomenon documented by Crowder and Morton (1969), despite the lack of direct support in the provided reference snippets.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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