Method. Design. The Study Was Designed As A Randomized

The following research studies the effects of distractions on working memory in order to test this theory. Given the research, it is hypothesized that information processing will be adversely affected by distractions.

The participants were 20 men and 60 women with ages ranging from 17 to 26. The participants were from different majors at Texas State University and were recruited from introductory psychology classes. The participants were 51% Caucasian, 38% Hispanic, 4% African American, and 7% other. The participants were not

Purpose: The purpose of the experiment was to see if there was any correlation between the spatial presentation of stimuli and a change in comprehension and memorizing information.

Three hundred Undergraduates (18-50 years old) enrolled in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) will be utilized as participants. Undergraduate students will be chosen from undergrad courses of all majors. The participants will be issued a consent form (Appendix A) debriefing form (Appendix E), if they decide to participate in the present study. Furthermore, students who decide to participate will be entered in a raffle to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

The study was conducted using college students. Fifty-nine female and thirteen male students in introductory psychology courses at New York University

34 college students (ages 18-27) were recruited from the general student population of the University of North Texas

Participant included in this study were 24 university students (50% females), recruited from introductory psychology and health courses at Edith Cowan University. The age of the participants ranged from 18 to 45 years (M= 30.95; SD= 8.60). The students volunteered when asked by the experimenters during class lectures.

A QUANTITATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT AND PERCEPTUAL CUES ON MEMORY RECALL.

Elliott (1973) examined the concept that those who used imagery would have better recall than those who used rehearsal memory techniques while performing an additional task of either looking at an unrelated picture, reading a short passage or listening to numbers being recited. He also hypothesized that words that were more concrete in nature would have a higher recall rate than those that were abstract. As he expected, Elliott (1973) found that those who used imagery to memorize information did better on recall during all three additional tasks and that concrete words overall had a higher recall rate. He further cemented this idea when he unexpectedly tested participants on their long-term memory after

The article “Directed Forgetting: Comparing Pictures and Words”, proposed a hypothesis and conducted an experiment in support of the Picture Superiority Effect ; authors Quinlan, Taylor, and Fawcett propose that the Picture Superiority Effect , the idea that pictures will be remembered better than words, and transfer appropriate processing, the “general finding that memory is improved when there is a match rather than a mismatch

By establishing color as a determinative factor in the process of short term memory, we will be able to offer insight as to how to better enhance memorization. It is also important to note the significance in not only color and specific memory, but also color and object recognition. Observing the effect of color in different settings can enhance the relationship and understanding of the effect color has on human mental process.

After collecting many articles we have narrowed down our articles to four good articles. The first article, “Visual short term memory”, is a peer reviewed article from Scholarpedia.com. Therefore, it can be consider as an accurate source of data. It engages the audience by using figures that enhance the readability. It covers the aspect of visual memory only, but thoroughly, and is organized in sub topics, which makes it easy to understand visual memory.

The experiment consisted of 6 trials that contained words such as: sleep, bed, tired etc. The participants were asked to look at the rectangle on the screen before starting the trials. In the first trial, the participants were asked to press the “start trial” button because a fixation dot would appear in the middle of the screen. The participants were asked to stare at the computer until a sequence of words appeared, with each word was presented for one second. After a full sequence was presented, a set of buttons were shown, each labeled with a word. Some the words were on the list, and some were not. The participant’s task was to click or tap on the buttons to indicate which words were in the sequence. The sequence of words consisted of the actual words shown or related or unrelated words. For example, some trials consisted of all sleep related content to see if the participant would select items that were related or select items that were not in the sequence. After identifying the words that were shown in the sequence, they would receive feedback on the accuracy of their memory. After the participants were done

Randomized control trials are considered the “gold standard for evaluating medical interventions and there are numerous variations that can be applied to the study design. The cluster randomized crossover design is one such variation and has been gaining popularity in trial settings when individual randomization is not possible

At the beginning of this subterm, I had a limited understanding of the proper research methods used within psychology. Despite having previously completed several psychology courses, two being upper level courses, there was still much I needed to learn pertaining to psychology research methods. While this research class has been on only an introductory