Zeigarnik Effect
Do you tend to remember the details of a task that was left unfinished due to interruption?
According to psychology, we are more prone to readily recall a partially completed activity that was interrupted. Named after Bluma Zeigarnik, a Lithuanian-Soviet psychologist, it was found that task interruption can improve our ability to remember it later, rather than reduce it. This is one of those psychological effects that are associated with our memory. This tendency allows us to remember interrupted or unfinished tasks better than the ones that were successfully completed.
This phenomenon is commonly observed in soap operas or serialized comic books where they use a cliffhanger to make the audience eager for the next episode or issue.
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