Andrade(2010) Aim ●toinvestigatewhetherdoodlingassistedinformationprocessing,improveconcentration, andenhancememory Method ●LabExperiment ●Independentsmeasuresdesign Sample ●40membersofaparticipantpanelattheMedicalResearchCouncilunitforcognitive research ●Aged18-55 ●20participantsineachgroup(2groupsintotal) ●2males18femalesinthefirstgroup ●3males17femalesinthesecondgroup Procedure ●Independentvariables ○whethertheparticipant'doodled'or'notdoodled' ●Dependentvariables ○amountofrecallinformation(#ofthenameofpeopleattendingthepartyand#of namesofplacesmentioned) ●Allparticipantslistenedtoadull(mock)telephonecallaboutaparty ●Therewere8attendants,8Places,3whocouldn'tattend,andacat ●Thespeakerspoke277wordsperminute,andthewholetapelasted2.5minutes ●Theyweretoldtowritedownthenamesofpeoplewhoareattendingandtoignore everythingelse ●AnA4sheetwasgiventotheparticipantsinthedoodlingcondition,withalternatingrows ofsquaresandcircles,tenperrow ○Therewasalsoawidemarginontheleftforrecordingthetargetinformation ●Theseparticipantswerealsogivenapencilandaskedtoshadeinthesquaresand circleswhilelisteningtothetape ●Thecontrolgroupparticipantsweregivenasheetoflinedpapertowritetheiranswers on(whichtheycouldhaveusedfordoodling) ●Afterthetape,therewasa1-minutesessionofconversation.Theexperimenter apologizedformisleadingthemaboutthememorytest
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