Long Term Memory
A Comparative Study of Long-term and Short-term Memory between Athletes and Non-Athletes
ABSTRACT
Physical exercise has demonstrated to considerably affect stimuli in the brain to increase an individual’s memory. Athletes will have better long-term and short-term memory compared to those who are not athletes. The intent of this study was to evaluate and compare the long-term and short-term memory of athlete and non-athlete. Twenty participants were tested, ten of which were athletes and ten non-athletes. All of the participants were seniors at Mount Pleasant High School, ranging from the age 17-19. Only short-term and long-term memory was tested in this experiment. Standard picture questionnaires …show more content…
In their study, they used one hundred college boys, 50 that were athletically involved and 50 that were non-athletes whose age ranged from 22 to 25. Only long-term and short-term memory was measured, and two standard questionnaires were given to the subjects. The first questionnaire measured short-term memory, the other measured long-term memory. L.T.M. scale finds out the effect of rehearsal of paired- associates on the long-term memory of the subject when tested after two minutes of interpolated task. Higher percentage of recall indicates better performance and lower percentage indicates poor performance (Saha, Halder & Das, 2013). Short-term memory scale studies the effect of different time intervals and association values on short-term recall. Higher percentage of recall indicates better performance and lower percentage indicates poor performance (Saha, Halder & Das, 2013). Their results showed that athletes performed better in both tests. The difference between the athlete results and non-athlete statistics were significant. The researcher’s hypothesis follows the data shown in Saha, Halder and Das’ comparative
ABSTRACT
Physical exercise has demonstrated to considerably affect stimuli in the brain to increase an individual’s memory. Athletes will have better long-term and short-term memory compared to those who are not athletes. The intent of this study was to evaluate and compare the long-term and short-term memory of athlete and non-athlete. Twenty participants were tested, ten of which were athletes and ten non-athletes. All of the participants were seniors at Mount Pleasant High School, ranging from the age 17-19. Only short-term and long-term memory was tested in this experiment. Standard picture questionnaires …show more content…
In their study, they used one hundred college boys, 50 that were athletically involved and 50 that were non-athletes whose age ranged from 22 to 25. Only long-term and short-term memory was measured, and two standard questionnaires were given to the subjects. The first questionnaire measured short-term memory, the other measured long-term memory. L.T.M. scale finds out the effect of rehearsal of paired- associates on the long-term memory of the subject when tested after two minutes of interpolated task. Higher percentage of recall indicates better performance and lower percentage indicates poor performance (Saha, Halder & Das, 2013). Short-term memory scale studies the effect of different time intervals and association values on short-term recall. Higher percentage of recall indicates better performance and lower percentage indicates poor performance (Saha, Halder & Das, 2013). Their results showed that athletes performed better in both tests. The difference between the athlete results and non-athlete statistics were significant. The researcher’s hypothesis follows the data shown in Saha, Halder and Das’ comparative