Zeigarnik, Bluma (1900–1988), Russian psychologist. Zeigarnik first described the Zeigarnik effect in her 1927 doctoral thesis.
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Zeigarnik effect
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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