Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables to study memory led to the discovery that
A) the amount remembered depends on the time spent learning.
B) working memory's central executive focuses attention.
C) information that is automatically processed is rarely forgotten.
D) our sensory memory capacity is essentially unlimited.

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Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables showed that the amount remembered depended on the amount of time spent learning, as opposed to the meaning of the material. This led to the discovery of the forgetting curve, which shows that forgetting occurs rapidly at first but then levels off over time.

Ebbinghaus' Use of Nonsense Syllables to Study Memory Led to the Discovery