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Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

by Hermann Ebbinghaus

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The first scientific text on the psychology of memory. Relating retention to repetition, describing the shape of the forgetting curve, and measuring strength of association, Hermann Ebbinghaus extended the province of systematic, experimental research to the higher mental processes.

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Original publication date: 1885

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Languages: English, Italian, Russian
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Published: 1885
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 153.12
LCC: BF371 .E213

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