Annals of Neurosciences· 2013Q3
Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology
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Hermann Ebbinghaus pioneered the scientific study of memory, demonstrating that retention is directly related to repetition and quantifying the forgetting curve.
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Key points
- Established the scientific study of memory through systematic experimentation.
- Demonstrated a direct relationship between repetition and memory retention.
- Quantified the forgetting curve, illustrating memory decay over time.
- Extended experimental methods to higher mental processes.
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Abstract
The first scientific text on the psychology of memory. Relating retention to repetition, describing the shape of the forgetting curve, and measuring strength of association, Hermann Ebbinghaus extended the province of systematic, experimental research to the higher mental processes.
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