Short-Term Memory

Overview

• Short-term memory (STM) is what we can hold in memory for a short amount of time. 

• STM has a limited capacity and is influenced by serval factors, including timing to remember, the time between learning and testing, and proactive and retroactive interference.  

• The serial position effect is the fact that we tend to remember the first and last items in a list. 

1. Instructions

   1. Participants will be linked to a Qualtrics survey that asks some demographic questions. 

   2. In the survey, participants are assigned to three conditions where they will watch a Youtube.com video where a list of words are presented that are to be remembered. 

   3. After watching the list of words, participants are returned to the Qualtric survey where they are asked to recall all the words that they remember. 

   4. Click on this URL which will take you to the survey. Survey and Memory Test Link

   5. After completing the survey and memory test, use the Excel spreadsheet to evaluate the results.