FA16- Project 1: Week 10

20161030_20503620161030_205029 PINGO Second Test Trial

Eight participants were included in this study. These individuals were recruited through ads on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Individuals who were included in the previous study and individuals with diagnosed disease or illness that may impair cognitive abilities were excluded from this study. The participants in this study included 5 women and 3 men with a minimum of a high school education, and an average age of 25. Individuals were randomly assigned to one of the two groups by randomly drawing their names out of a hat. In group one individuals were given the easy PINGO cards to play. In another group individuals were given the hard PINGO card to play. Individuals in both group were escorted into separate rooms to complete their assigned game. In each room individuals where given verbal instructions on how to play PINGO. Each game was completed three times with 15 minutes Intervals after each completed game. Once the game was finish individuals were escorted into a different room to complete the paper folding test. The results collected from the paper folding test after the game was computerized and analyzed for each group. The results showed that individuals in the hard playing card group were more accurate in their identification of the folded paper than the easy playing card group. Individuals in the hard playing card group had an average of 75% accuracy. Individuals in the easy playing card group had an average accuracy of 62%.

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About Robert O. Duncan

I'm an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at City University of New York, with joint appointments in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. I also have an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, glaucoma, neurodegenerative disorders, attention, learning, memory, educational technology, pedagogy, and developing games for education.

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