The Zeigarnik effect
Channel: tarantulas
Date: 2015-11-01

An overview of the Zeigarnik effect and how it relates to motivation.
Read further at: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2015/Zeigarnik_effect

Additional reference: Barlow, A. (1981). Gestalt-antecedent influence or historical accident. The Gestalt Journal, 4(2), 35-54. Retrieved from http://www.gestalt.org/barlow.htm

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