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Think, Dream, Play: Diana Nyad, Archimedes and the Zeigarnik Effect

May 15, 2014 by Carolyn Plath Leave a Comment

BLUMA ZEIGARNIK HAD IT GOING ON. You remember Bluma, don’t you? Bluma Zeigarnik?! The famous Russian psychologist! Jeez! OK. I never heard of her either. Turns out though, she identified an interesting human behavior that might, according to Psyblog, help us avoid procrastination. But first of all, it’s kind of an oxymoron, isn’t it — […]

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