The recency effect is the opposite of the primacy effect. It is the tendency to remember items at the end of a sequence or series. For example, we are more likely to remember the last person who presents at a conference rather than anyone who presents in the middle. This happens because more recent items, events, or faces we come across are being stored in our short-term memory and are easier to recall.
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