Eye vs. Ear

Question

Do people have better visual or auditory memory?

PurposeThe purpose of this project is to determine if people have better visual or auditory memory. This is important because in the future people will need to know what to use to help them remember.

HYPOTHESISWe hypothesize that visual memory

will help you remember better then auditory memory. We believe this because when we have a book to read, we do not remember as much as if we read it ourselves.

Procedure

MaterialsOne stop watchTen lists with ten different two digit numbers on each list

Twenty five pieces of paperFive pencilsElmo or board

VariablesManipulated Variables:

Whether the numbers are seen or heard

Responding Variables:How many numbers are recalled

Constant Variables: Amount of numbers on list in each trial

Amount of time to see listNumber of times the auditory list is readAmount of time to recall the numbers

Directions1. Gather five people.2. Put them all in different spots.3. Put ten two digit numbers on a sheet of paper.4. Pass out paper and pencils to each person. show

them all the number list. 5. After one minute remove. 6. Ask person to write down as many numbers as

they remember7. Collect papers from students and count how

many they got correct.8. Repeat 1-7 for four more trials. 9. Repeat steps 1-8 except read the numbers to

them instead of letting them see them.10. Repeat step 9 for four more trials.

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Graph

Data ChartAVERAGE NUMBERS RECALLED

TRAIL

1 TRAIL

2 TRIAL

3 TRIAL

4 TRIAL

5 AVERAGE

AUDITORY

3.63 3.35 2.84 3.15 4.54 3.502

VISUAL

5.05 5.85 4.07 4.53 4.36 4.772

Average Number of Numbers Recalled

ConclusionOur hypothesis was correct. Visual

memory is better than auditory. The average number of auditory numbers recalled was 3.502. The average number of visual numbers recalled was 4.772. If we did this investigation again we would use letters instead of numbers to see if we would get the same results.