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Zeigarnik Effect? 2003
I'm reading an interesting book called "How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason In Everyday Life" and came across this:
And, as any student of psychology can tell you, there is the "Zeigarnik effect," or the tendency for people to remember interrupted tasks better than those that have been completed.I wonder if that's why I find multi-tasking so invigorating? I can feel more connected and awake when I'm switching between several tasks rather than focusing on just one.
The quote has a reference to Zeigarnik's 1967 work "A Source Book of Gestalt Psychology" and I may try to track down that section. Anyone (Mum? Paul?) know anything about Zeigarnik or this idea?
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Posted on June 17, 2003 at 10:25 AM in work | Permalink
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Zeigarnik rings no bells in my late-night brain. But I'll see if I can remember to research it in a relaxed gestalt kind of way tomorrow.
Posted by: Jinx at Jun 18, 2003 2:13:32 AM
Zeigarnik Effect! May be effective & possible in our mundane life.
Posted by: Beautiful Life at Jun 21, 2003 1:03:16 AM
As a fellow-experiencer of the Zeigarnik Effect, I can tell you there are 2840 Google pages on Zeigarnik that will tell you more than you want to know . . .
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