Zeigarnik effect
English
editEtymology
editAfter Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon.
Noun
editZeigarnik effect (plural Zeigarnik effects)
- The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.
See also
edit- Zeigarnik effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia