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

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Example Sentences

And Ebbinghaus was deliberately trying to remember those nonsense syllables.

From Salon

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

It originates from the 19th-century German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, who learned that humans forget 50% of new information within an hour of learning it.

From Seattle Times

For example, in the Ebbinghaus illusion, a circle surrounded by much bigger circles would look smaller to you than a circle of the same size surrounded by much smaller circles.

From Science Magazine

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

From Washington Times