The Use of Apps to Prime Learning for a Verbal Task

Christina Frederick, Devin Liskey, Daniel Brown

Human Factors and Systems, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.21003                

Abstract

This study tested whether or not children’s memory performance would be affected by stimulating brain activity by completing a verbal puzzle task or a non-verbal puzzle task prior to a verbal learning task.

Keywords

Memory; Priming; Learning; Verbal-Learning

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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