Maria Ovsiankina | |
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Born | 3 May 1898 |
Died | 28 September 1993 |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Known for | Ovsiankina effect |
Maria Arsenjevna Rickers-Ovsiankina (1898–1993) was a Russian-German-American psychologist. She studied what is now known as the Ovsiankina effect, a variation of the Zeigarnik effect. Ovsiankina worked in a variety of psychology jobs, including working with schizophrenia patients. She wrote books about psychological testing.