Talk:Maria Ovsiankina

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Did you know... that Maria Ovsiankina studied the Zeigarnik effect of how people remember unfinished tasks more than completed ones, and described the Ovsiankina effect of how likely they are to resume those tasks?

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... that psychologist Maria Ovsiankina studied a variation of the Zeigarnik effect, a study which states that people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks more than completed tasks, known as the Ovsiankina effect?

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Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:42, 2 August 2020 (UTC).Reply

Date, sourcing, length, QPQ ok. Hook is supported by source, but is 211 characters long. Perhaps just removing the passage 'or interrupted' could work to get it below 200? --Soman (talk) 11:10, 2 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Soman: ALT1: that psychologist Maria Ovsiankina studied a variation of the Zeigarnik effect, a study which states that people remember unfinished tasks more than completed tasks, known as the Ovsiankina effect? SL93 (talk) 14:17, 2 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

for ALT1, great. --Soman (talk) 14:20, 2 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

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