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recency effect
The tendency of a model to recall information more reliably when it sits near the end of the context window, forming the second peak of the U-shaped recall curve.
also written as recency bias · recency region
Related terms
lost in the middleA pattern where models recall information best when it sits at the start or end of the context window and recall it worst when it sits in the middle.view termprimacy effectThe tendency of a model to recall information more reliably when it sits near the start of the context window, forming one peak of the U-shaped recall curve.view term
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