Everyone has their “if but”. We all miss some of the things we lost in the past, the opportunities we missed, and the unfinished experiences.

so what is this devotion to unfinished things?

There is a concept in psychology known as the “Zeigarnik Effect”.

Discovered in the 1920s by Bluma Zeigarnik, a Soviet psychiatrist, after a restaurant meal and as a result of research in the years that followed. this clearly proven effect; He argues that unfinished works continue to occupy the mind and finished works are set aside in the brain.

According to this effect; The reason why we can’t forget the things left unfinished, the fact that we could not achieve comfort and satisfaction as a result of that work. Because the brain thinks that the effort and time it put into the end of that process cannot be repaid, we try to focus our minds on those subjects with the effect of not being rewarded. keeps trying to get results.

So how was the effect revealed?

In this regard many experiments We said it’s done. In one of these experiments, different beads are given to the participants and each time they are asked to string these beads in a certain color sequence.

During the experiment, one of the bead strands is split by the researchers. When the experiment is completed, the participants are asked which sequences of beads they remember and the vast majority of participants say they remember the order of the unfinished bead chain better.

In another experiment, a group of unfinished participants are asked to start a book and then asked for details about the book.

Participants could not fully concentrate on the book and they don’t pay much attention to details has been revealed. Another group is given time to plan their unfinished business and the book is read after this process. It can be seen that this group remembers details better.

To interpret these results; Our brain can’t focus on new jobs or experiences until we’ve got the unfinished business done and achieved mental satisfaction.

This situation in our daily life It has a lot of reflections. One of the best examples is that we can’t get our unfinished love out of our minds. Similarly, this effect explains why that song, which you can’t remember what it is, stays in your head all day, but doesn’t cross your mind for weeks after listening to it once.

Apart from these, the episode ends with the theme of “to be continued…”, which is constantly used in the series industry also uses this psychological concept. a hangover effect in your head by creating a series that keeps the series in mind until a week or a season later.