Concept information
Preferred term
nonsense syllables
Definition
- Syllables (consonant-vowel-consonant) having no meaning, used for the first time by Ebbinghaus in memory experiments (1885) to study how memory operates when it is not contaminated by the meaning of the material.
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/1913). Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology. Columbia University.
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
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• Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/2010). La mémoire : recherches de psychologie experimentale (trad. S. Nicolas). L'harmattan.
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-LKF7PKB0-6
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