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Zeigarnik effect

Zeigarnik effect noun: the effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.

Noun

Zeigarnik effect (plural Zeigarnik effects)

  1. The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.

Forms of Zeigarnik effect

pluralZeigarnik effects

Origin of Zeigarnik effect

After Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon.

Questions about Zeigarnik effect

What does Zeigarnik effect mean?
Zeigarnik effect means the effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.
What part of speech is Zeigarnik effect?
Zeigarnik effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Zeigarnik effect?
The plural of Zeigarnik effect is Zeigarnik effects.

Words near Zeigarnik effect in the dictionary

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  2. Zeidlers
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  4. zeidy
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  8. Zeigler
  9. Zeiglers
  10. zeilanite
  11. Zeiler

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