{"id":7602,"date":"2023-11-21T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:25:24","slug":"how-to-recognize-and-avoid-the-recency-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/organization\/how-to-recognize-and-avoid-the-recency-effect","title":{"rendered":"How to recognize and avoid the recency effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Have you ever found yourself trying to remember something for an exam or presentation, only to recall the last piece of information you reviewed? This phenomenon is known as the recency effect. To better retain information, it&#8217;s important to be proactive in retaining, rehearsing, and committing data to memory. 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