Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Ten Minutes Of Talking Improves Memory And Test Performance
ScienceDaily: "Spending just 10 minutes talking to another person can help improve your memory and your performance on tests, according to a University of Michigan study to be published in the February 2008 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin."
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This article was interesting to a certain degree. They merely introduced the idea that social interaction is just as affective in keeping your memory sharp as doing a crossword puzzle and had some test to prove their point. I guess what I really wanted to know is WHY does this happen? Or Which students scored higher: the social interaction group or the intelligent activities group?
Maybe this is why CS majors have to interact with people in order to get an A? This isn't surprising to me. In theatre you need to be comfortable talking to people and also a lot of your reputation and chance to get a job is how much of a people person you are. Talking is not only a good thing for people skills but it's also a good thing for memory skills is not surprising to me. When people talk and you actually listen there is normally a lot to remember. At least theatre kids always have long stories about this or that so us theatre people listen and grow stronger memories.
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