A study conducted by Baniqued and colleagues found that participants who engaged in cognitive training games had, “improvements in “lower-level” abilities of perceptual speed and attention—which may reflect more efficient processing of stimuli to support performance in more complex tasks” (Baniqued et al., 2015). In other words, participants who engaged in cognitive training games showed improved in perceptual speech and …show more content…
Health Science Graduate students have an extensive workload and are required to retain information to be able to effectively implement their knowledge onto future clients and treatments. It is necessary to find out in which ways one performs better on tests: with a mini quiz game or without one. We hypothesized that graduate students who participate in mini quiz games will have improved scores and shorter recall time on the immediate post-test. The game was designed to specifically invoke Baddeley’s working memory model as it allows for the identification of a possible connection between how the visuo-spatial sketchpad and phonological loop work together to improve the temporary storage of information (Baddeley, 2003). In this study, the following questions were addressed, “Will there be a difference in immediate post-test scores of graduate students who participated in mini quiz games when compared to those students who do not study or participate in mini quiz games?” and “Will there be differences in the amount of time taken to complete the post-test between the graduate students who participated in mini quiz games and those who did