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The Long-Term Effects Of Diet And Exercise On Working Memory Performance In Long-Evans Rats, John Jay Macdonnchadh
The Long-Term Effects Of Diet And Exercise On Working Memory Performance In Long-Evans Rats, John Jay Macdonnchadh
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Concerns about the dietary and exercise behaviors of individuals in the United States and other Western nations have come under more scrutiny lately. The literature is beginning to show the deleterious effects that poor dietary choices and physical inactivity can have on working memory performance. This study used a sample of 28 male Long-Evans rats to examine the effects that two different diet conditions (beginning at 6 weeks of age) as well as two different exercise conditions (beginning at 12 weeks of age) had on working memory performance. Automated operant conditioning boxes were used to examine working memory on a …
Intermittent Testing Reduces Proactive Interference In Multiple Document Comprehension, Rebecca Marie Mccabe
Intermittent Testing Reduces Proactive Interference In Multiple Document Comprehension, Rebecca Marie Mccabe
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The current research examined whether proactive interference (PI)—when old knowledge interferes with the learning of, and memory for, new knowledge—occurred when reading several argumentative texts on the same topic. We also examined whether retrieval practice could successfully reduce PI in this setting. In Experiment 1, participants read either eight or 24 texts on the same topic; some who read 24 texts completed retrieval practice on the first 16. All participants completed a distractor task, then a final free recall of the texts that they read. Experiment 2 explicitly measured memory for supporting evidence and sources, altered the final recall task …