Ebbinghaus,

Hermann, German psychologist, 1850-1909.

Ebbinghaus test - a psychological test in which the patient is asked to complete certain sentences from which several words have been left out.

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Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909 German psychologist) performed an experimental study on memory.

Entropy: a factor for change

Known as the "spacing effect," first discovered in 1885 by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, spaced practice suggests that broken, not massed, intervals of practice time produce optimal improvements in learning.

Fooled by fluency: understanding illusions and misjudgments in music learning

THERE IS AN OLD marketing adage, based on a scientific study about the average learning curve for people assimilating new information that was originally attributed to Hermann Ebbinghaus in the late 1800s.

Meeting in the middle--marketing support the franchise network: repeated exposure to a consistent brand and message positively affects consumer behavior

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