Ebbinghaus

/ ˈɛbɪŋhaʊs /

noun

1. EbbinghausHermann18501909MGermanSCIENCE: psychologist Hermann. (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables

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