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Memory Criticism N/A Herman Ebbinghaus Training University Bonn

Herman Ebbinghaus, the first cognitive psychologist, pioneered memory studies using nonsense syllables and developed objective measures for higher mental processes.

Herman Ebbinghaus, considered the first cognitive psychologist, pioneered the experimental study of memory using nonsense syllables. He developed objective measures for higher mental processes, introducing concepts like mean and variability.

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Training: University of Bonn PhD; believed objective measures like Fechner’s could be developed for higher mental processes; carried out memory experiments with himself as subject

Accomplishments:  

1st cognitive psychologist
nonsense syllables to study memory: used for generations by psychologists
memory retention
introduced concepts of mean and variability, probable error

Criticism of others: N/A
Criticism by others: N/A
Systems: Psychophysics

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