Meaning enhances recall

Meaning enhances recall
Today, we conducted an experiment on associating short term memory to emotions and other long term memory.

We were instructed to identify two list of letters, when list A words was shown we count their syllable, when list B words were shown we categorize them in to good or bad.

We later plot our results in a diagram and conclude three points.
- The graph was evenly distributed.
- The graph contained 2 modes in the grade and there was a wide range of data. (One person got a full score and 4 other people only remembered half of the words. The person who got a full score uses mnemonic devices to remember the story, he connect them in to a story line to remember)
- More people remember B list words then A list words because we associate the B list words with emotions.