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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

“It’s fascinating how these animal-shaped vessels spread from culture to culture around the world. They were really quite fashionable,” Susanne Ebbinghaus, the show’s curator, said in an interview.

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2018

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

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2018

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

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

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