Principle: The Forgetting Curve
One of the first models in cognitive psychology came from Herman Ebbinghaus in the 1880s. Ebbinghaus measured how well test subjects could recall information over time and found that while at the time of learning memory was completely accurate, it could drop by as much as 50% in only one day!
Practices such as spaced repetition and mnemonic techniques can help reduce the amount of information forgotten over time.
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