The “recency effect” is especially pronounced in children – an important finding for researchers and parents

The “recency effect” is especially pronounced in children – an important finding for researchers and parents
- July 1, 2019
- Emily Sumner, cog sci, in The British Psychological Society, July 1, 2019
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Keen to test if the same is true in young children, or if one of the effects is more
dominant, a team led by Emily Sumner, a graduate student at the University of California,
Irvine, conducted two experiments and published their findings in a recent paper in
PLOS One fantastically titled “Cake or Broccoli: Recency Biases Children’s Verbal
Responses”.
For the full story, please visit https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/07/01/the-recency-effect-is-especially-pronounced-in-children-an-important-finding-for-researchers-and-parents/.
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