Age Vs. Memory

1. Age Vs. Memory By Nicky Irwin

2. Question • How Does Your Age Affect Your Memory?

3. Materials A notebook, a pencil or pen, a list of words to test my volunteers’ memory, a stopwatch, and of course, volunteers.

4. Procedure • First, I made a list of 12 random words,I decided that I would test in two different ways, auditory and visual. • The way that I tested people was that I would read out to them 12 words slowly, then they would see how many words they could repeat back to me. While they were repeating the words back to me, I would put a little check in the boxes next to the words they got right. • Next, I would test them visually. They had 30 seconds to remember the words, then they would hand me back the words, and they would repeat as many as they can. Then I averaged people’s scores. • I also compared the age groups, and how they did on the visual and auditory.

5. Observations

6. Observations Continued

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8. Conclusion • My hypothesis was proved wrong; I learned that when people are in the age group of 5-20, they have an okay memory. Then as they get older and up into their late 20s/mid 30s they have the best memory, and when they get in the older age groups their memory starts to get worse. This test was administered to the general public, but there are people who I did not test who have very good memories, that mean that this rule doesn’t apply to everyone. Also, when I

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