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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus.
