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title: "Zeigarnik Effect"
tags: psychology memory permanent-notes
date: 2021-01-05 15:32:06
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# Zeigarnik Effect

You will remember interrupted/incomplete activities better than completed activities. Open tasks tend to occupy our short-term memory - until they are done.

We get distracted by unfinished tasks. But if we write them down, brain considers it done. 

Research affected by the [[Replication Crisis]].

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### Tags
#psychology #memory #permanent-notes