Laws of UX · Memory and cognitive load
Serial Position Effect
Users have a propensity to best remember the first and last items in a series.
The design-system take
Where the principle shows up in a token, component or pattern decision.
Put the most important navigation, options and actions at the ends of a list, not the middle. The middle of a long menu is where items go to be forgotten.
Adapted from Serial Position Effect on Laws of UX — Jon Yablonski.