# Recency Measures: Summary

You have now completed the module on recency measures. The most important ideas about digit span are:

- The recency effect is the rise in accurate recall for words presented at the end of a long list.
- The recency effect comes about because the final words in a list are still stored in STM, whilst those at the beginning and middle are either transferred to LTM or lost.
- Recency measures put the capacity of STM at around four words.

## Where Next?

Topic | Level | What's this? |
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Test | All | Finish learning about the capacity of STM and test your learning for this topic. |
Recency Evidence | Intermediate | Find out about some research studies that used recency measures |