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Next-in-Line Effect

Memory Biases and Effects

The next-in-line effect is the phenomenon of people being unable to recall information about the events that happened immediately before their own turn to perform.

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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own account
The next-in-line effect is the tendency for people to fail to recall information from the moments immediately before their own turn to speak or perform, attributed to a failure to encode that information into long-term memory while attention is on the upcoming performance. 1
First Described YearSourced to the subject's own account
1973 1
Classification
Type of PhenomenonSourced to the subject's own account
Cognitive Phenomenon 1
Sources
1. Next-in-Line Effect (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    The next-in-line effect is the phenomenon of people being unable to recall information concerning events immediately preceding their turn to perform.
  • Lead section, second sentence
    The effect was first studied experimentally by Malcolm Brenner in 1973.
  • lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
    The next-in-line effect is the phenomenon of people being unable to recall information concerning events immediately preceding their turn to perform.
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