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Ebbinghaus

British  
/ ˈɛbɪŋhaʊs /

noun

  1. Hermann. (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And Ebbinghaus was deliberately trying to remember those nonsense syllables.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2022

In 1885, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus sketched the spacing effect’s first outlines through a self-experiment that involved memorizing and forgetting mind-numbingly long lists of nonsensical syllables.

From Washington Post Nov. 27, 2020

“Recalcitrant, stupid, uninhibited,” said Ebbinghaus, acknowledging her native Germany gave the world Oktoberfest.

From Washington Times Sep. 2, 2018

Many were placed in tombs, which may explain why they endured, Ebbinghaus said.

From Washington Times Sep. 2, 2018

Ebbinghaus, On Memory, 1885, translated by Ruger and Bussenius, 1918.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

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