The Zeigarnik Effect is a psychological phenomenon that suggests that people are more likely to remember unfinished tasks than completed tasks. It is named after the Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik, who first described the phenomenon in 1927. This effect has
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In psychology, the Zeigarnik effect postulates that people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to demonstrate the general presence of Gestalt phenomena: not just appearing as perceptual effects, but also present in cognition.