Murre & Dros (2015)

Replication and Analysis of Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve

PLOS ONE, 10(7), e0120644

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Murre, J. M. J., & Dros, J. (2015). Replication and Analysis of Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve. PLOS ONE, 10(7), e0120644. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120644

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Forgetting Memory Processes

Measured in humans

The standard paradigm is the retention curve, dating to Ebbinghaus's savings method; a 2015 replication (one participant, 70 hours of learning and relearning lists after 20 minutes to 31 days) reproduced his curve of steep early loss followed by slower decline, with an upward jump at 24 hours