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Nervous Mnemonics: The Study of the Utility of Memory Enhancing Devices

Nervous Mnemonics: The Study of the Utility of Memory Enhancing Devices. Kristi Helmkamp Michele Neal Danelle Pattison Hanover College. Mnemonic Research.

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Nervous Mnemonics: The Study of the Utility of Memory Enhancing Devices

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  1. Nervous Mnemonics: The Study of the Utility of Memory Enhancing Devices Kristi Helmkamp Michele Neal Danelle Pattison Hanover College

  2. Mnemonic Research • Students did not create memory enhancing images on their own- suggests mnemonics only work if explicitly given to the student (Hwang & Levin, 2002) • Keyword method less effective than rote learning and hindered recall (Campos, Gonzalez, & Amor, 2003) • Keyword method was effective in increasing learning-other methods resulted in fewer recalled words(Uberti, Scruggs, & Mastropieri, 2003)

  3. Research Objective • To determine the importance of created and given mnemonic devices on a person’s recall abilities.

  4. Hypothesis • We hypothesized that individuals who created their own mnemonic device in recalling a list of words would be more likely to recall more words than those who were provided a specific mnemonic device or those who were not provided with a mnemonic device at all.

  5. Procedure • Sign-up sheets posted and e-mails eliciting participants sent- participants could receive extra credit for their introductory psychology courses • 21 participants: 7 per condition • 3 males, 18 females

  6. Procedure cont. • Created 3 separate conditions with Microsoft Power Point presentations • No mnemonic at all • Explanatory example mnemonic/irrelevant • Given specific mnemonic

  7. What Did They Memorize? • Two different groups of recall words: • Functions of Blood: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Food, Heat, Waste, Hormones, Disease, Clotting • Mnemonic: Old Charlie Foster Hates Women Having Dull Clothes • Order of Superior Orbital Nerves: Lacrinal, Frontal, Trochlear, Lateral, Nosocillary, Internal, Abduceir • Mnemonic: Lazy French Tarts Lie Naked In Anticipation

  8. Example of Power Point Presentation Oxygen

  9. Proceeding On… • Between each memorization task, participants completed a visual task • Stroop Effect • First time for meaning • Blue • Second time for color • Red

  10. Worksheet Given to Participants Code #_____________ Functions of Blood  Did you use a mnemonic for recalling the information? If so, describe the mnemonic. If no, please describe how you remembered the information. If you used a mnemonic, mark how meaningful it was in recalling the information. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7   not meaningful very meaningful at all

  11. Findings

  12. More Findings • One-Way ANOVA • meaning of the mnemonic had significant effects on the nerve condition with p=.012, but not for blood p=.71 • no significance was found for the number of recalled words and reaction time, however, for blood it approached significance with p=.085

  13. Pearson’s r Correlation • A significant correlation was found between the # of recalled blood words and the meaningfulness of the blood mnemonic with r=.788, and p<.05

  14. Limitations • Small number of participants • Visual task possibly not long/distracting enough • Difference in difficulty levels of the stimuli

  15. Future Directions • Create more of a time difference between memorization and recall • Use a different variety of words • Look at a more diverse population

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