Zeigarnik effect
Zei·gar·nik effect
noun \zī-ˈgär-nik-\Definition of ZEIGARNIK EFFECT
: the psychological tendency to remember an uncompleted task rather than a completed one
Biographical Note for ZEIGARNIK EFFECT
Zeigarnik, Bluma (1900–1988), Russian psychologist. Zeigarnik first described the Zeigarnik effect in her 1927 doctoral thesis.
