Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

attention (MacLeod, 1991). The cause of covert response, that was found by Hintzman (1972), was the contact of parallel memory (Hintzman et al., 1972). Covert response is when one is concentration on not only reading the words, but also paying attention to your surroundings (Church, 2010). He states that it will conflict through facilitation because it showed a neutral effect in respects with color (Hintzman et al., 1972). Next we have Windes in 1968 whose experiment was based on interference. His hypothesis was that there would be different reaction times based on different stimuli (Windes, 1968). For his experiment, he used numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) and figures (+, ++, +++, ++++). He conducted two experiments that were based on Stimulus-Set. Half of his experiment was based on numbers, half was based on naming how many figures there were. Windes based his experiment on Stroop’s interference technique. He concluded there would be a delay in naming stimuli since it is interfering with automatic processing. In the following studies, my in-class experiment was based on a number Stroop task. This number Stroop task was inspired by Windes and Hintzman. The participants used in this experiment were undergraduates who attended the first day of class at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. I tested on automaticity, incongruent, and congruent by using numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) and figures (+, ++, +++, ++++). There were four conditions that were tested on to see how…

sentences) summarize the pattern in your results. Did you follow the expected pattern? If not, why do you think that is so? The pattern I noticed during the practice trial 1 was to go through and say the colors of the words which was simple and quick. The second Stroop trial was harder because I was focusing more on the word instead of focusing on the color of the word which made it more difficult to process. I followed the expected pattern and on the second phase and it was a little easier…

of injury or side effects. Human body is designed to walk, 10 to 15,000 steps a day (3-5 miles) easily. Elder people can walk in parks, shopping malls or any other suitable place in the neighborhood. Speed walk for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week is optimum. Flexibility and balance training are important as well. These are necessary to avoid aches and pains which the body is prone to at an old age. A word of wisdom: if…

are constantly being bombarded by it, whether it is in a magazine, on TV or in the latest ad on the radio, people have heard of it somewhere. Each person has a different reason for why he is choosing to start an exercise program, he is sick of looking a certain way, having too much body fat, not fitting into the kinds of clothes he would like to wear, not being confident in a swimsuit at the beach. But the effects of regular exercise on the body, and mind are many and can include longer life,…

The Goddamn Brick Everyone has a valentine on Valentine’s day! It’s either Siri or one of her many siblings. In a time where we sometimes value a lit up brick more than anything else in our life, Siri has definitely become everyone’s new girlfriend. College students use their cellphones for about 9 hours a day, as published in the Journal of Behavior Addictions. This study also found that about 60% of the students involved believe they’re addicted to their cellphones. To sum up the findings of…

I will have to run a few tests to see whether or not he still has some the same skills he had before.” Said Dr. Gallagher After my father had left the room Dr. Gallagher began running his tests. He gave me fifth grade level material to see if my knowledge had dropped. Once he started reading me off questions I could feel my brain firing on all cylinders. It was as if my brain was a formula racecar, and I was racing through each question with flying colors. Dr. Gallagher looked astounded by my…

More words are being spoken and sentences are flowing together. Reading books alone is more enjoyable- children are now open to more words many of which they are beginning to sound-out. Your child should be able to recite the days of the week and the months of the year. Categorising objects is done well, left and right are now known to them. Money, space and time are understood, and spoken about. At this age, children may begin to push boundaries and voice their opinions. A child of this age is…

Freud believed that nothing you do occurs by chance; every action and thought is motivated by your unconscious mind at some level. a. In order to live in a civilized society, you have a tendency to hold back your urges and hide your impulses. b. Because they can’t be expressed in a social setting, our urges and impulses are expressed in our unconscious mind, through our dreams. 2. For this reason, Freuds theory about dreams focused primarily on sexual desires and symbolism. a. For…

improve one’s temperament through various means such as chemical releases within the brain along with invoking a sense of nostalgia. There are many surprising perks to playing video games that many people wouldn’t see on the surface but effect gamers in more ways than one. Many benefits and advantages of video games can be seen through the psychological effects that video games have on people. One example of this is through nostalgia. Nostalgia is generally defined as: a sentimental longing for…

Keeping a positive attitude Our lives in the 21st century is filled with struggles. Every day is a fight against personal, social and/or familial issues. This can be very exhausting to handle on a daily basis. It leads to a feeling of hopelessness and unhappiness but it can be averted by keeping a positive attitude. Positive attitude helps to bring success in all endeavors. In order to keep a positive attitude, a few steps have to be followed. Firstly, try to eliminate all negative thoughts.…