Ebbinghaus’s work on memory, maybe? For some reason it looks like nobody had plotted memory decay curves despite the experimental apparatus consisting only of yourself, flashcards, a metronome, and either a strong work ethic or a masochistic desire to memorize nonsense as if trapped in a satire of education. He discovered some of the early famous results but more importantly was relatively early in doing empiricism in psychology (and like the first to do so for memory?). Wikipedia states:
With very few works published on memory in the previous two millennia, Ebbinghaus’s works spurred memory research in the United States in the 1890s, with 32 papers published in 1894 alone.
But also, the fact that this was the 1890s makes me think it may not have been that long before someone found it anyways. But also also, the world wars could’ve delayed it in this alternate timeline. So, maybe?
Ebbinghaus’s work on memory, maybe? For some reason it looks like nobody had plotted memory decay curves despite the experimental apparatus consisting only of yourself, flashcards, a metronome, and either a strong work ethic or a masochistic desire to memorize nonsense as if trapped in a satire of education. He discovered some of the early famous results but more importantly was relatively early in doing empiricism in psychology (and like the first to do so for memory?). Wikipedia states:
But also, the fact that this was the 1890s makes me think it may not have been that long before someone found it anyways. But also also, the world wars could’ve delayed it in this alternate timeline. So, maybe?