Author : Holly Anne Westfall
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (853 download)
Book Synopsis The Effect of Visual Search and Audio-Visual Entrainment on Episodic Memory by : Holly Anne Westfall
Download or read book The Effect of Visual Search and Audio-Visual Entrainment on Episodic Memory written by Holly Anne Westfall and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research suggests that larger context effects are observed when participants are required to search a scene in order to find the to-be-remembered stimuli. Similarly, animal research on brain oscillations has shown theta wave activation when animals are searching their environment. These theta wave oscillations are positively correlated with learning. However, theta activation can also occur in response to sensory stimulation, for example, auditory stimulation with binaural beats or visual stimulation with a checkerboard pattern reversal. The results of several studies suggest that while a visual search task seems to reliably improve free recall performance, the effects of passive sensory stimulation on memory are less consistent. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.