Short Term Memory Lab

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Testing The Limits of Your Short-Term Memory:

• Find the amount of information you can hold in your short term memory!
• First, test your ability to remember numbers.
• Second, test your ability to remember letters.

Questions:

• For which type of data did you have a higher score? Why do you think this is the case?
• How does your short-term memory compare to what the books states is average or normal?
• What tricks did you use to remember information?
• Were there some tricks that worked better than others? If so, which ones?

Turn in:

• Your scores
• Answers to the questions

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