Ebbinghaus (Hermann Ebbinghaus)

Hermann Ebbinghaus was a pioneering psychologist who studied how people learn and forget information. He is best known for discovering the "forgetting curve," which shows that we tend to forget new information rapidly at first, then more slowly over time. Ebbinghaus also explored how repetition improves memory and how meaningful or organized material is easier to remember. His research involved self-experimentation with memory tasks, laying the groundwork for understanding how memory works and informing methods to improve learning and retention.