Zeigarnik effect
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title:
Zeigarnik effect
text:
In psychology, the Zeigarnik effect, named after Lithuanian-Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik, occurs when an activity that has been interrupted may be more readily recalled. It postulates that people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to demonstrate the general presence of Gestalt phenomena: not just appearing as perceptual effects, but also present in cognition. The Zeigarnik effect should not be con
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Activity that has been interrupted may be more readily recalled
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeigarnik_effect
date created:
2004-06-29T18:24:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T16:58:29Z
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