Zeigarnik effect en · NOUN
Etymology
After Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon.
Meanings
- The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.
Forms
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| Zeigarnik effects | Number=Plur | lexicographic |