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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

Famous Hermann Ebbinghaus Quotes

“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

“Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in the direction of the original succession and with a certainty proportional to the frequency with which they were together”

Mind Has Beens Ideas Together Greater Originals Certainty Ease Frequency Succession

Book:Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

Source: Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

“Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at the times when they can be recited.”

Heart Has Beens Talking Conditions Series Forgotten Syllables

Book:Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

Source: Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

“On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is better retained, it would have been safe to prophesy such an effect from the greater number of repetitions.”

Has Beens Numbers Greater Effects Safe Bases Difficulty Familiar Repetition

Book:Memory

Source: Memory

About the Author

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

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