Study of comparison of short term memory by visual tasks
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Physiology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Background and objectives: Learning is acquisition of information and memory is retention and storage of information. The process of learning is most essential to become academically more effective and memory status plays an important role. The present study is aimed to establish that different memory improvement techniques can help to enhance and retain a particular object for longer time and also to see its influence on gender. Methodology: Two hundred adolescent young healthy males and females of age group 18-25 years were randomly selected for this study. Short term memory status by visual tasks before and after application of memory improvement methods by using alphabetica and, numerical test were analyzed. Student’s paired ‘t’ test was used to analyze the memory status before and after application of memory improvement methods. ‘Z’ test was used to compare the memory status between the various tests. Results: There was statistically significant progressive decrease in short-term memory status in higher trials of alphabetical and numerical tests. There was statistically significant improvement in memory status after application of memory improvement methods in all the subjects and more so in females. Interpretation and conclusion: Progressive decrease in memory status in higher trials of alphabetical and numerical tests and in word test is due to increase in number of bits/ items more than seven as an individual can hold 7 + 2 bits of information. Due to effectiveness of memory improvement methods, there was statistically significant improvement in memory status in all the subjects and more so in females.
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Arshiya Zeba, Khwaja Nawazuddin Sarwari
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