Reacting, Responding, and Remembering by Dr. Kevin Gluck, Senior Research Scientist, IHMC

April 19, 2025

In April, Science Saturday was about Reaction Time and Memory. Students first worked individually to list and share important things they do with their minds, with discussion emphasizing that all of these are reasons why their minds matter! They then worked in pairs and conducted hands-on experiments designed to measure their reaction and response times under varying conditions. The remainder of the session was devoted to learning about techniques that are used to improve memory, using computers and an online adaptive learning program from MemoryLab to practice some of the techniques and try to improve individual performance in remembering.