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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > Zeigarnik effect

Preferred term

Zeigarnik effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when people remember discontinued tasks better than completed tasks.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • 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

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-RS4N9VCC-M

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