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saving method  

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  • Method developed by Hermann Ebbinghaus (1885), consisting in comparing the relearning of a material with its initial learning.

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  • • 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]

  • • Murre, J. M. J., & Chessa, A. G. (2023). Why Ebbinghaus’ savings method from 1885 is a very ‘pure’ measure of memory performance. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30(1), 303‑307. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02172-3

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Nelson, T. O. (1985). Ebbinghaus’s contribution to the measurement of retention: Savings during relearning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 11(3), 472–479. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.11.3.472

    [Study type: historical study, literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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