Ebbinghaus's studies on forgetting found ______.
A)that few items were forgotten
B)all items were forgotten
C)that approximately half of the items in a list were forgotten after 24 hr
D)that many forgotten items were recalled the following day

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Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve demonstrated that memory retention drops significantly shortly after learning, with about half of the information being forgotten within the first 24 hours.

Ebbinghaus's Studies on Forgetting Found ______