Concept information
Preferred term
Zeigarnik effect
Definition
- A memory phenomenon observed when people remember discontinued tasks better than completed tasks.
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• MacLeod, C. M. (2020). Zeigarnik and von Restorff: The memory effects and the stories behind them. Memory & Cognition, 48(6), 1073–1088. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01033-5
• Document type: historical study
• Access: open
- • Zeigarnik, B. (1927). Das Behalten erledigter und unerledigter Handlungen. Psychologische Forschung, 9, 1–85.
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Zeigarnik, B. (1927). Das Behalten erledigter und unerledigter Handlungen. Psychologische Forschung, 9, 1–85.
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-RS4N9VCC-M
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