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