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(Originally aired February 6, 2020)
Why does an incomplete task hover over our heads? Why does something as silly as twenty open tabs cause so much anxiety? Why does a poorly written finale have the power to ruin our week? Turns out, all of these can be answered by Thomas Hall of Riverside Community Care with his research into a phenomenon called the Zeigarnik Effect.
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(Originally aired February 6, 2020)
Why does an incomplete task hover over our heads? Why does something as silly as twenty open tabs cause so much anxiety? Why does a poorly written finale have the power to ruin our week? Turns out, all of these can be answered by Thomas Hall of Riverside Community Care with his research into a phenomenon called the Zeigarnik Effect.