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Two groups of 22 Ss each were presented an 8-cluster list at a 4-sec. rate for 40 trials. All clusters (4 nonsense syllables per cluster) were identical except for the position of the syllables within each cluster. For one group the ends of the list were demarcated by a long, visually distinctive ITI; for the other group the ends of the list were disguised. The results replicated previous findings that primacy effects are eliminated when the ends of a list are disguised. Recency effects were absent in both groups.
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Denny, M.R., Lippman, L.G. Extreme intralist similarity in serial learning. Psychon Sci 7, 151–152 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328510
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