Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Hermann Ebbinghaus was a pioneering German psychologist best known for his experimental studies of memory and the formulation of the forgetting curve and spacing effect.

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instanceOf German person
experimental psychologist
human
psychologist
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1850-01-24
dateOfDeath 1909-02-26
developed forgetting curve
spacing effect concept
educatedAt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Bonn NERFINISHED
University of Halle
employer University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Breslau
University of Halle NERFINISHED
familyName Ebbinghaus
fieldOfWork experimental psychology
memory research
psychology
givenName Hermann
hasAcademicDiscipline experimental psychology of memory
influenced experimental psychology of memory
learning theory
knownFor experimental study of memory
forgetting curve
spacing effect
use of nonsense syllables in memory research
languageOfWorkOrName German
name Hermann Ebbinghaus
nativeLanguage German
notableWork Grundzüge der Psychologie
Über das Gedächtnis
occupation psychologist
university teacher
partOf history of psychology
placeOfBirth Barmen
Wuppertal
placeOfDeath Halle (Saale)
positionHeld professor of philosophy
professor of psychology
researchMethod controlled laboratory experiments
self-experimentation
sexOrGender male
studied human memory
learning and forgetting
used nonsense syllables

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