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Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve

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Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve refers to the concept that our memory of information decays over time in a predictable pattern. It suggests that we forget the most information shortly after learning it, with the rate of forgetting slowing down as time goes on.

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