zeigarnik effect

is the idea that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.

In psychology, the Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to demonstrate the general presence of Gestalt phenomena: not just appearing as perceptual effects, but also present in cognition. (wikipedia)

is the tendency to remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones.

Zeigarnik effect: That uncompleted or interrupted tasks are remembered better than completed ones.

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zeigarnik effect