prase comments on Rationality & Criminal Law: Some Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 23 June 2010 07:46:02AM 0 points [-]

The downside is that we remember the last things the best. So if the most important things are presented first, their importance will be partly forgotten.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 June 2010 09:03:45AM 0 points [-]

It is worse when the important things are presented in the middle. We are better at remembering both the first things (primacy effect) and last things (recency effect).