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    Attention Capture Entry #0784

    Why the first and last tiles are seen and the rest skipped

    First and last tiles are seen because serial-position effects grant primacy and recency privileged processing, leaving middle items starved of attention.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0784

    A row of twelve tiles is not twelve equal chances — it is two spotlights with a dark stage in between. Position is not context; position is the product.

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    Memory & Recall Entry #0801

    Why the first and last lines of an ad are the ones you keep

    The first and last lines stick because serial-position effects give openings and closings privileged encoding, leaving the middle to fade unremembered.

    Novice
    The hidden part #0801

    Position is not packaging — it is the message’s survival ticket. A brilliant line in the middle is a seed buried too deep to sprout.

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