Procedure

By Siang Za

Practice

Please read the following letters out loud.

D N G R

Practice

Please count backwards by one. Start from the number given below. Repeat till you are told to stop.

444

What were the letter that you read?

Do you have any question before you begin?

Are you ready to begin?

Trial 1

M J I

345

What were the letter that you read?

Trial 2

L I W

979

What were the letter that you read?

Trial 3

P K Q

977

What were the letter that you read?

Trial 4

J N S

739

What were the letter that you read?

Trial 5

Y G L

481

What were the letter that you read?

Trial 6

Z F J

176

What were the letter that you read?

Thanks!

Debriefing

The purpose of today’s experiment was to investigate how the interference affect the short term memory.

Practice

M R Q

What were the letter you read?

Do you have any question before you begin?

Are you ready?

Trail 1

I Y J

What were the letter you read?

Trial 2

B N X

What were the letter you read?

Trial 3

V P L

What were the letter you read?

Trial 4

T L J

What were the letter you read?

Trial 5

H V Y

What were the letter you read?

Trial 6

Q I F

What were the letter you read?

Thank! We are done!