Aguy | 771 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I'm taking a Cognitive Psychology lab over summer, and we have to design and execute our own experiment. Since it's online and (waving hands) everything else going on, it's limited my options. So I turn to you all. I only need 10 people to complete this test and report their scores but you can never have too much data. The test should take about 3-4 minutes total so if you are interested, please continue reading and Thank you for your consideration. You are tasked with playing a memory game (https://humanbenchmark.com/tests/memory) twice, once while listening to no music and once while listening to this music (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ioc6sdgugo). If the handle you use for this site starts with A-M, please play the game first without any music, then again with the supplied music playing in the background. If the handle you use for this site starts with N-Z, please play the game first with the supplied music playing in the background, then again without any music. Please post your score for each round below and the order you played the games. You can also DM me your score if you'd prefer. EX for: Round 1, no music, score 5 Round 2, music, score 5 OR Round 1, music, score 5 Round 2, no music, score 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,708 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Round 1, no music, score 8 Round 2, music, score 10 In level 8, the squares were much more scattered in Round 1 and clustered together in Round 2. So I’m not sure the correlation is really valid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutling | 31 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Round 1, no music, score 11 Round 2, music, score 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Round 1, no music, score 9 Round 2, music, score 11 I'm with @Link that I think my second round improvement had more to do with the patterns being closer together than adding music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,719 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I got 10 on both rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Certainly you have other people from other backgrounds added to the test pool? Otherwise, you will have to mention that this test was exclusively taken by middle-aged gaming nerds who love to collect. No correlation to performance may be expected but until further researched, results might be inconclusive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,909 Events Helper · Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 No Music 10 wife interrupted me on one and i didnt see it so i had to click random, would have been higher???? With Music 11 Spoiler I better get an A for this!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 771 Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/25/2020 at 10:36 AM, Link said: Round 1, no music, score 8 Round 2, music, score 10 In level 8, the squares were much more scattered in Round 1 and clustered together in Round 2. So I’m not sure the correlation is really valid. Or it could be your brain better tracked the patterns because it was your second attempt. That's why you have a counterbalanced approach and collect as many participants as possible, so you can try to even out uncontrollable variables, such as RNG and repetition. On 6/25/2020 at 11:52 AM, RH said: Certainly you have other people from other backgrounds added to the test pool? Otherwise, you will have to mention that this test was exclusively taken by middle-aged gaming nerds who love to collect. No correlation to performance may be expected but until further researched, results might be inconclusive. Maybe middle-aged game collecting nerds is the population a want to generalize... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themisfit138 | 523 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 10 on both rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,708 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 54 minutes ago, Aguy said: Or it could be your brain better tracked the patterns because it was your second attempt. They were all touching the second time around. One big block with a few sticking out. Whereas the first time, they were split up all over the grid in groups of 2-4. 56 minutes ago, Aguy said: That's why you have a counterbalanced approach and collect as many participants as possible, so you can try to even out uncontrollable variables, such as RNG and repetition. Oh yes, absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 771 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 I could really use a couple more, thanks to those that have already helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesmaster14 | 433 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Round 1, Music, Score 9 Round 2, No Music, Score 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageOliver98 | 716 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Round 1, No Music: 10 Round 2, Music: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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