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Why We Remember the Beginning and the End — But Not the Middle
Have you ever noticed how people often talk about how they first met someone, or how things ended — whether in love, friendship, or business — but rarely recall the middle? Psychology has a name for this phenomenon: the serial position effect. In short, our minds are wired to remember the start of something (the primacy effect) and the end (the recency effect), while the middle tends to fade into the background.
Sep 13, 2025






























