1. Effect of Word Color on Memory Recall MELISSA A. KELLER BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH METHODS

2. Introduction Importance of education Studies of language relating to color Studies relating to the color red Hypothesis

3. Method Participants Materials Procedure

4. Results Mean Group A - 7.7391 Group B - 8.1538 Standard Deviation Group A - 3.71994 Group B - 2.44453 p-value -.598 Alpha at.05 Significance

5. Discussion The results of our experiment did not support our hypothesis Limitations and confounds Future exploration

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