... as long as they are not distracted between when they saw the initial stimulus and when they are asked to recall it. In general people find it easier to remember those words at the beginning of the list and at the end of the list than they do to recall words in the middle of the list. This is known as the primary and recency effect respectively. This occurs as the items at the end of the list are still likely to be present in short-term memory when recall begins. The anterograde amnesiacs show an intact recency effect but typically recall little else from the list. Long-term memory differs in many ways. The capacity of LTM is obviously vast, compared to the "seven - plus or minus two" items that can be stored in short term memory. It is not apparent whether memories in long-term memory are also subjected to ...

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