Short term and long term memory experiment
Hello all!
I would like to create an experiment which would check short term and the long term memory. Unfortunately I have some problems with its technical aspects. Might anyone can show me the an appropriate scheme of this kind of experiment. I would be really grateful for all help! Here there is a general describion of this project:
I Part
1. We show the list consisting the words which sound similarly but their meaning is completely different. Of course the goal is to remember as much words as you can.
-Now we need to check how many words you have memorized. You have to write down all the words you remember.
2. We show another list of words. This one includes the words which are the synonyms.
-Same thing. Write down the words you remember.
3. We show the last list of words. This one has some casual words which have nothing in common. It is not really related to anything we want to check. This third list is supposed to be a kind of the distractor.
- Same thing. Write down the words you remember.
We have to wait some time before the second part of the experiment. I think around 10 minutes. We can fulfil this free time in some way. I guess the best idea is to put the link to some youtube video. It will be another significant distractor. People will watch some neutral film (for instance about the animals) and then after watching it they will be supposed to start another part of the experiment.
II part
It is almost an exact copy of the first part. It just doesn’t include the third list any more.
1. First list
-checking
2. Second list
- checking
Comments
Hi Xalgar,
If you want to present a video in the mean time, the easiest option would be to have to separate experiments for the first and second part. This is because you can't easily click on a link, go to a browser and then return to Opensesame. So, my recommendation would be to have separate experiments, and combine the data files later.
-Now we need to check how many words you have memorized. You have to write down all the words you remember.
Use a text input form, wrapped in a loop. So that participants can type in a word, hit the return button and then type in the next one, and so on, until they don't know anything anymore. There are several ways you can make this work with the text input widget.
Part i and ii can be implemented virtually the same. 1, 2, 3 can be different loops with different blocks and loop tables. If order matters, you should make sure to use the same random seed in part i and ii (e.g. the subject number), so that you get the same words in the same order in the two parts.
In the easiest situation, you just need a sketchpad, a keyboard response and a logger within each loop. Thats a pretty standard experiment.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more help,
Eduard