Memory Tests

Go to http://garyfisk.com/anim/lecture_stm.swf Do the demonstration.

1. How many digits were you able to remember without messing up at all?
2. How many digits did you remember out of the last sequence?

Go to http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/cognition/tutorials/index.html  Do the recognition test.

1. How many tries did it take you to find the right thing on the recognition test?
2. Take the “Human Memory” Test. How many words could you remember from the first list? The second?
3. Play “Interference.” How many numbers could you remember on the third try with the extra number interference? Which was your favorite?  What did you do the best on?
4. What do you learn about your own memory from these games?

Go to the Faces Memory Challenge found here: http://experiments.wustl.edu/

1. How did you do?
2. Is it easier for you to remember faces or numbers? Why?

Go to http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/index.html.  Play the memory solitaire game.  Then play game #2: Tell Yourself a Story.

1. Did your memory improve the second time? Why or why not?