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Zeigarnik Effect
- Shank 11y agoWhile it's a cool read, the lack of inline citations in the article make me lose faith in it. There are some citations at the bottom, but they aren't inline wiki markup. The actual effect seems to be written in the form of cause (task interruption) and effect (overestimation of time) but then takes a leap to say that the overestimation was due to frustration and failure. With only two studies, and both showing different traits associated with interruption, it doesn't seem to be a universally accepted correlation.
- radu_floricica 11y agoWell, to be fair the first citation is Baumeister and the guy isn't in the habit of being wrong.
- zawaideh 11y agoI've posted about it a few years ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6689741 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6689741 original article: http://blog.sandglaz.com/zeigarnik-effect-scientific-key-to-better-work http://blog.sandglaz.com/zeigarnik-effect-scientific-key-to-...
- lordnacho 11y agoI shall see whether I feel compelled to read the end of this article. I got to roughly the bit where I found out what it is, the desire to complete an unfinished task. If you see this before reading the article, give it a try.
- matchagaucho 11y agoUser interfaces that don't provide breadcrumbs, back buttons, wizard-steps, or a means to "get back" to an initial state are said to evoke the Zeigarnik effect.
- readvoid 11y agoFinancial Times > Tim Harford > Multi-tasking: how to survive in the 21st century (2015-09-03) Try this: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbf1f84a-51c2-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbf1f84a-51c2-11e5-8642-453585f2cf... or this: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KxM7NvYN2REJ:www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbf1f84a-51c2-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KxM7NvY...