# Ovsiankina effect

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The tendency to pick up an interrupted action again when it has still not been completed.

## Etymology
Named after Maria Ovsiankina (1898–1993), a Russian-German-American psychologist who studied this effect.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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