A set of basic functions used as building blocks for more complicated functions. The list of parent functions varies. A typical set of functions is listed below.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Recency(noun) the state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
The recency effect can be described as you remembering best the items that come at the end of the list. So in the example above, you remember a few things from the beginning (apples and bananas), some stuff in the middle (mushrooms), and a lot of stuff at the end (xylophone wax, yogurt, and zebra steaks).