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	memory memory in psychology, the storing of learned information, and the ability to recall that which has been stored. It has been hypothesized that three processes occur in remembering: perception and registering of a stimulus; temporary maintenance of the perception, or short-term memory; and lasting st... Read more
	Hermann Cohen Hermann Cohen , 1842-1918, German philosopher. He was a founder of the Neo-Kantian Marburg school and was known for his commentaries on Kant. His own works include Logik der reinen Erkenntnis (1902), Ethik des reinen Willens (1904), and Aesthethik des Gefühls (1912). Bibliography: S... Read more
	Sir Hermann Gollancz Sir Hermann Gollancz , 1852-1930, English rabbi and authority on Hebrew language and literature. He was professor of Hebrew (1902-24) at University College, London. In 1902 he edited an English version of the Bible for Jewish use. His publications include translations from Hebrew and Aramaic. He was... Read more
	August Hermann Francke August Hermann Francke , 1663-1727, German Protestant minister and philanthropist. In 1686, encouraged by Philipp Jakob Spener, he helped found the Collegium philobiblicum for the systematic study of the Scriptures. He became a leading exponent of Pietism c.1689 and from 1692 served as professor... Read more
	Othmar Hermann Ammann Othmar Hermann Ammann , 1879-1965, American civil engineer, b. Switzerland, grad. Federal Polytechnic Institute, Zürich, 1902. He came to the United States in 1904 and was naturalized in 1924. He served (1925-39) with the Port of New York Authority and was its director of engineers from 1937 to... Read more
	Hermann Minkowski Hermann Minkowski , 1864-1909, Russian mathematician. He was educated in Germany and was professor at the Univ. of Königsberg (1894-96), the Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (1896-1902), and the Univ. of Göttingen (1902-9). He is well known for use of geometric methods in the t... Read more
	Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen , 1891-1966, German conductor. Scherchen was largely self-taught. He played viola in the Berlin Philharmonic (1907-10) and made his debut there as a conductor in 1911. Scherchen conducted and taught throughout Europe and gained a reputation as an outstanding exponent of modern musi... Read more
	Walther Hermann Nernst Walther Hermann Nernst , 1864-1941, German physicist and chemist, a founder of modern physical chemistry. After doing outstanding research on osmotic pressure and electrochemistry, he turned to thermodynamics , establishing in 1906 a new tenet (often called the third law of thermodynamics) that dea... Read more
	Hermann Julius Oberth Hermann Julius Oberth 1894-1989, Austro-German astronautical pioneer, b. Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania). Beginning his studies in astronautics before World War I, he first proposed a liquid-propellant rocket in 1917 and in 1923 published his unsuccessful Ph.D. dissertation, T... Read more
	Hermann Sudermann Hermann Sudermann , 1857-1928, German dramatist and novelist. His play Die Ehre (1889; tr. Honor, 1906) was one of the first successes of the burgeoning German naturalist movement. Sudermann's works became immensely popular, particularly the psychological novel Frau Sorge (1887; tr. Dame Care... Read more

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	Hermann Ebbinghaus Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Hermann Ebbinghaus The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909) is best known for his innovative contribution...to the study of memory through nonsense syllables. Hermann Ebbinghaus was born on Jan. 24, 1850, near Bonn. In 1867 he...
	Ebbinghaus, Hermann Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology Hermann Ebbinghaus 1850-1909 German psychologist whose work resulted in the development...quantitative measurement of rote learning and memory. Born in Germany, Hermann Ebbinghaus received his formal education at the universities of Halle, Berlin...
	Forgetting Curve Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...researcher who pioneered this field, Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909), invented the...forgetting occurs right away. Ebbinghaus discovered that a significant...knowledge was there to stay. Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve is actually...
	memory Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of forgetting was first studied scientifically by Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German experimental psychologist, who performed...disconnected syllables without associative connection). Ebbinghaus showed that the rate of forgetting is greatest at...
	Memory Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...memories and cure the patient. The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus carried out the first controlled experiments on memory...that individuals would be asked to memorize. Ebbinghaus used nonsense syllables in an attempt to avoid the...
	Experimental Psychology Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920), who established the first psychological laboratory in 1879. Others, including Hermann Ebbinghaus and E.B. Titchener (1867-1927), used laboratory methods to investigate such areas as sensation, memory...
	Conditioning Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...skill-based potentials and capacities such as those involved in language. In the 1880s, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850– 1909) brought this philosophical doctrine within the realm of scientific study by creating experimental...
	Serial Learning Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...less material than when allowed to engage in free recall, which imposes no constraints on the order or recall. Hermann Ebbinghaus is credited with conducting the first studies of verbal memory involving serial learning. Most serial learning...

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Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY. At the turn of the twentieth century, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus remarked that "psychology has a long past, but only a short history." He was referring to recent scientific interest in the...

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	small claims Magazine article from: Debt 3; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...20TH CENTURY MARKETING The "Ebbinghaus Curve of Forgetting" forms the...viral marketing. Developed by Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885, the Curve of Forgetting...recommendation for overcoming the Ebbinghaus Curve is to use a strategic mix...
	A personal file of stimulating ideas, little-known facts and daily problem solvers. Magazine article from: Supervision; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...The 19th century psychologist, Hermann Ebbinghaus, probed this kind of memory...forgot it more slowly later on. Ebbinghaus also discovered that there are...fastest when you are most alert. Ebbinghaus himself was a late-morning...
	WHY LIFE SPEEDS UP AS YOU GET OLDER: HOW MEMORY SHAPES OUR PAST Magazine article from: Care Management Journals; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...He had penetrated the 'obscure depths' of his mind. What he had seen there was not always fit to print." Hermann Ebbinghaus (1879) observed, "You cannot measure directly what you have forgotten but you can determine the number of repetitions...
	The "seven sins of memory": how they affect your program.(HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT) Magazine article from: Defense AT & L; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...decision making. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Transience: a decreasing memory over time In 1885, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus published his groundbreaking article "Uber das Gedchtnis" ("On Memory") in which he described experiments...
	Truly Total Recall. Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 6/30/2003; ; 700+ words ; In 1885 German philosopher Hermann Ebbinghaus showed that two thirds of what we learn vanishes from our brains within an hour. That disheartening "forgetting curve" is the...
	THE CRAMMING Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/4/2007; 695 words ; ...had time to repeatedly revisit material. She did fine on the final. What the 17-year-old discovered is what Hermann Ebbinghaus, the first psychologist to experiment on the properties of human memory, revealed to the world in a paper published...
	Lernen lehren--Lernen lernen: Wissen aktualisieren/ Teaching how to learn, learning how to learn/Apprendre a enseigner--apprendre a apprendre.(GRUNDLAGEN) Magazine article from: Ergotherapie & Rehabilitation; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...lernpsychologische Forschung brachte die Entwicklung der experimentellen Gedachtnispsychologie voran. Beispielsweise zeigte Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909) mit dem Lernen von neutralen Inhalten (z.B. sinnlosen Silben), wie Lern- und Vergessenskurven...
	Concerned Local Businesses Note Lack of Extended Learning Training for New Managers. PR Newswire; 11/9/2004; 645 words ; ...job. The curriculum is founded on principles first cited in studies by the late 18th century German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, a pioneer of experimental study of memory, and later foundational research by Professor C.A. Mace in 1932...
	The next wave of REIT banking biz.(Real estate investment trusts) Newspaper article from: Asset Securitization Report; 5/29/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...be based in Frankfurt, and report to Hermann Prelle as well as Botbol and Rubin...banking in Asia - Sonny Badiga, Mark Ebbinghaus, and Daniel Scamps - following a number...focusing on specialty finance, while Ebbinghaus was an Australian real estate equity...
	The Next Wave of REIT Banking Biz.(real estate investment trusts) Magazine article from: Investment Dealers' Digest; 5/22/2006; 700+ words ; ...will be based in Frankfurt and report to Hermann Prelle as well as Botbol and Rubin...banking in Asia- Sonny Badiga, Mark Ebbinghaus, and Daniel Scamps-following a number...focusing on specialty finance, while Ebbinghaus was an Australian real estate equity...