Human Memory

Experiment 3

Let's do one more experiment. Again, 20 words will be read with an interval of about one second between each word. Do not write anything until the file has finished playing. Play the file only once. This time, before you write the words, start at the number 18 and count backwards in intervals of threes out loud as rapidly as possible, so you'll start at 18, then the next is 15, and so on. After you finish, write as many words as you can remember, regardless of order. Do not guess.

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