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Psychologist

Hermann Ebbinghaus (January 24, 1850 - February 26, 1909) was a German psychologist, known as one of the pioneers of experimental psychology. He is renowned for his research on memory, particularly his studies on the memorization of meaningless syllables.

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All Consciousness Has Beens Conditions Greater Heart Ideas Repetition Series Syllables Events Forgotten Half Long May Needs Psychology States Years Able Accuracy

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“A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no effort of recollection is able to call it back again into consciousness.”

Years Heart Has Beens Able Effort Half Consciousness Forgotten Recollection Back Again

Book:Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

Source: Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

“Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time present in consciousness and then have disappeared from it, have not with their disappearance absolutely ceased to exist.”

Kind Ideas States Philosophy Feelings Body Consciousness Medicine Senses Sensations One Time Disappearance Soma

Book:Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

Source: Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

“One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased”

Needs May Consciousness Cases Capacity Series Seven Repetition Sequence Familiarity Unfamiliar Syllables

Book:Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

Source: Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

“Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily.”

Years States Consciousness Return Spontaneity

Book:Memory

Source: Memory

About the Author

Born: January 24, 1850
Died: February 26, 1909
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 19

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