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information entity > graph > forgetting curve

Preferred term

forgetting curve  

Definition

  • Curve representing the evolution of forgetting over time.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • retention curve
  • retention function

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/1913). Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology. Columbia University.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/2010). La mémoire : recherches de psychologie experimentale (trad. S. Nicolas). L'harmattan.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Fisher, J. S., & Radvansky, G. A. (2018). Patterns of forgetting. Journal of Memory and Language, 102, 130–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2018.05.008

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Fisher, J. S., & Radvansky, G. A. (2019). Linear forgetting. Journal of Memory and Language, 108, 104035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.104035

    [Study type: empirical study, simulation study / Access: closed]

  • • Heller, O., Mack, W., & Seitz, J. (1991). Replikation der Ebbinghaus'schen Vergessenskurve mit der Ersparnismethode : «Das Behalten und Vergessen als Funktion der Zeit», 199(1), 3–18.

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: closed]

  • • Murre, J. M. J., & Dros, J. (2015). Replication and analysis of Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve. PLOS ONE, 10(7), e0120644. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120644

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]

  • • Radvansky, G. A., Doolen, A. C., Pettijohn, K. A., & Ritchey, M. (2022). A new look at memory retention and forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(11), 1698–1723. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001110

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Radvansky, G. A., Parra, D., & Doolen, A. C. (in press). Memory from nonsense syllables to novels: A survey of retention. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02514-3

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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