Short Term Memory Demonstration

Gary Fisk from Georgia Southwestern State University, has developed a animated short-term memory demonstration. Students are asked to remember a sequence of numbers which grows from four to eleven digits. While rather simple, the animation gets the point across.

The memory animation can be found at Dr. Fisk's personal website at http://garyfisk.com/anim/lecture_stm.swf. Dr. Fisk has created a number of other animations teachers may find useful. Go to http://garyfisk.com/anim/index.html for more information.

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Teens and Memory Cartoon

I saw this today and immediately thought of psychology. Of course, I look at nearly everything and ask myself if it will fit into class. With this cartoon, I thought of memory, rehearsal, encoding, and, of course, interference--specifically retroactive interference, the kind where new information impedes the ability for old information to be there. While it may not fit exactly, it is a fun connection.

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