The suffix effect is a memory phenomenon, a form of the serial position effect, in which the recency effect at the end of a recalled list is diminished because an extra sound item, one the person is not required to recall, is appended to the end of the list.
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Core ClaimThe suffix effect is a diminishment of the recency effect caused by an extra sound item appended to a list that the subject is not required to recall. 1 Sources
1. Suffix effect, Wikipedia
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Diminishment of the recency effect because a sound item is appended to the list that the subject is not required to recall.
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