forgetting curve

decline of memory retention in time
Thing Scientific Law Q949167
forgetting curve
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4 properties
Instance of
scientific law
Discoverer or inventor
Hermann Ebbinghaus[2]
Time of discovery or invention
1885[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en forgetting curve ar منحنى النسيان cs Křivka zapomínání de Vergessenskurve es curva del olvido fa منحنی فراموشی fr Courbe de l'oubli hu Felejtési görbe ja 忘却曲線 ko 망각 곡선 pl Krzywa zapominania pt curva do esquecimento ro Curba uitării ru кривая забывания ru кривая Эббингауза tr Unutma Eğrisi uk Крива забування Еббінгауза zh 遗忘曲线
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
242622
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3GA8eq, 1nPzH1
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
26495, 135459
Freebase ID
/m/02yt9
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776244963

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forgetting curve is a scientific law[1].

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3GA8eq, 1nPzH1
    Instance of → scientific law
    Discoverer or inventor → Hermann Ebbinghaus
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