Ovsiankina effect

English

Etymology

Named after Maria Ovsiankina (1898–1993), a Russian-German-American psychologist who studied this effect.

Noun

Ovsiankina effect (plural Ovsiankina effects)

  1. (psychology) The tendency to pick up an interrupted action again when it has still not been completed.
    Coordinate term: Zeigarnik effect

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