Mobile Phones' Effect on Memory Recall

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due to the experience a participant may have in training their memory capability, identifying as a participant's variable, as well as the time of day, effecting the mental state of one's mind identifying as a situational variable.

Figure 1: The effect of texting memory recall

The data above was collected to show evidence of the effect mobile phones have on memory recall; it was stated that participants memory recall will decrease when texting, showing worse results than a participant that doesn't text. On the left, in the blue, are results showing the words recalled when not texting as an average overall and on the right, in the orange, are results showing the words recalled when texting. This proves and supports the hypothesis showing that the overall words remembered when not texting is greater than when participants text.

The experiment can be seen as strong and weak for the reason that it can be repeated easily without struggle. However, the participants ...

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