Interruption, recall and resumption: a meta-analysis of the Zeigarnik and Ovsiankina effects

Abstract The memory advantage of unfinished tasks (Zeigarnik effect) is widely known; less well known is the related tendency to resume unfinished tasks (Ovsiankina effect). The memory advantage of unfinished tasks, however, has proven particularly difficult to replicate. Here, we present a meta-ana...

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Main Authors: Romain Ghibellini, Beat Meier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2025-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05000-w
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