2. Investigating Memory Test 2

3. In a moment, you will be shown a number of word pairs one at a time e.g. bear - book Try to memorise the word pairs. Press the [ENTER] key when you wish to proceed.

4. Memory Strategy Please choose one of the following strategies to help you remember the words: (e.g. bear – book) 1Visualisation: Try to memorise the word pairs by forming a bizarre image that expresses both words, e.g. 2Putting into a sentence: Try to invent a silly sentence containing both the words, e.g. The bear was eating the book. Tell us which you have chosen when you email us your results – thanks. Please press [ENTER] to continue.

5. To test how well you have remembered the words you will be presented with the first word of a pair and will have to try and recall the matching word. For example, if presented with bear the correct response would be book To record your recall, you will need to write the word down on a piece of paper - so make sure you have pen and paper ready now. Press the [ENTER] key when you wish to proceed.

6. The word pairs follow……... Hit [ENTER] when you are ready to begin The presentation of the word pairs is then automatic

7. Lake - Insect 1

8. Apple - Home 2

9. Window - Rock 3

10. Grass - Bottle 4

11. Salad - Frog 5

12. Gold - Elbow 6

13. Coast - Butterfly 7

14. Microscope - Lemon 8

15. Barrel - Piano 9

16. Tree - Newspaper 10

17. Baby - Paper 11

18. Ship - Magazine 12

19. Hospital - Fox 13

20. Sea - Automobile 14

21. Restaurant - Hillside 15

22. String - Valley 16

23. Temple - Corner 17

24. Cradle - Plant 18

25. Nail - Sugar 19

26. Winter - Party 20

27. Corn - Butcher 21

28. Clock - Fire 22

29. Picture - Fur 23

30. Rattle - Bowl 24

31. Hall - Thorn 25

32. University - Swamp 26

33. Admiral - Student 27

34. Brain - Dawn 28

35. Building - Potato 29

36. Shoes - Beaver 30

37. End of word pairs Now write down the number 4796598 at the top of a piece of paper. Subtract ‘7’ from this number and write down the answer. Now subtract ‘7’ again and keep doing this for one minute…… NB This slide will change automatically after one minute – no need for you to time it!

38. End of arithmetic! Press the [ENTER] key when you are ready to proceed. Don’t forget to have paper and pencil ready!

39. You will now be shown the first word of each pair and you should try and write down the other word of that pair. Press the [ENTER] key when you are ready to proceed The presentation of the word pairs is then automatic

40. Lake - 1

41. Apple - 2

42. Window - 3

43. Grass - 4

44. Salad - 5

45. Gold - 6

46. Coast - 7

47. Microscope - 8

48. Barrel - 9

49. Tree - 10

50. Baby - 11

51. Ship - 12

52. Hospital - 13

53. Sea - 14

54. Restaurant - 15

55. String - 16

56. Temple - 17

57. Cradle - 18

58. Nail - 19

59. Winter - 20

60. Corn - 21

61. Clock - 22

62. Picture - 23

63. Rattle - 24

64. Hall - 25

65. University - 26

66. Admiral - 27

67. Brain - 28

68. Building - 29

69. Shoes - 30

70. End of experiment Please would you now email back your answers (numbered 1 – 30), together with your age and sex, and the strategy you chose [ 1 – visualisation; 2 – sentence ]. Many thanks for your help!