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Multi-Tasking: The Relationship Between Watching A Video And Memory, Kori L. Friedges
Multi-Tasking: The Relationship Between Watching A Video And Memory, Kori L. Friedges
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This study investigates the relationship between media multitasking and memory among undergraduate students at a small, liberal arts college in Minnesota. The participants (N=20) were randomly assigned using block randomization to either the experimental group which was asked to study a list of 20 words while watching a video clip or the control group which only studied the set of 20 words. All of the participants were given 2 minutes to study the list of 20 words and then 2 minutes to write as many words as they could recall from their memory. The participants who watched the video clip …