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    Andrade (Doodling)

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    This study investigated whether doodling improves concentration by comparing recall performance between a doodling group and a non-doodling control group. Forty participants listened to a boring audio recording and were asked to either doodle or sit quietly, then recall names and places from the recording. Results showed that the doodling group recalled an average of 29% more information than the control group, suggesting that doodling may enhance concentration and memory retention during boring tasks.

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    This study investigated whether doodling improves concentration by comparing recall performance between a doodling group and a non-doodling control group. Forty participants listened to a boring audio recording and were asked to either doodle or sit quietly, then recall names and places from the recording. Results showed that the doodling group recalled an average of 29% more information than the control group, suggesting that doodling may enhance concentration and memory retention during boring tasks.

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    This study investigated whether doodling improves concentration by comparing recall performance between a doodling group and a non-doodling control group. Forty participants listened to a boring audio recording and were asked to either doodle or sit quietly, then recall names and places from the recording. Results showed that the doodling group recalled an average of 29% more information than the control group, suggesting that doodling may enhance concentration and memory retention during boring tasks.

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    Andrade (Doodling)

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    This study investigated whether doodling improves concentration by comparing recall performance between a doodling group and a non-doodling control group. Forty participants listened to a boring audio recording and were asked to either doodle or sit quietly, then recall names and places from the recording. Results showed that the doodling group recalled an average of 29% more information than the control group, suggesting that doodling may enhance concentration and memory retention during boring tasks.

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    ANDRADE Aim

    To investigate whether doodling improves

    (DOODLING)
    concentration
    Background
    - check whether doodling reduced day dreaming
    - working memory model (engaging in more than
    one process may increase concentration)

    Research method Sample


    - Laboratory experiment - 40 participants who had just taken part in
    - Independent measures design another study
    - between ages 18-55
    - 20 participants in each group (mostly female)

    Procedure
    Split into groups. Participants in doodling condition sheet was collected and they were talked to
    asked to shade shapes on A4 paper and control given for a minute or so and then asked to recall
    piece of lined paper and pencil the names and places (which was not
    were led into a quite room one at a time and were given specified). Counterbalancing was used at
    standardised procedures - researcher specified that is this point of the experiment
    doesn't matter if they don't remember some details - were apologised to for deceptiona nd
    place debriefed
    Made to listen to a 2.5 minute tape of a boring
    conversation and remember/write down the names of
    the people who attended

    8
    Results Evaluation
    6
    - Participants in the
    control condition did not 4 G - low generalisability due to small sample size
    doodle
    - 3 doodlers and 4 2
    R - standardised procedures,
    controls suspected that
    is was a memory test 0 A - in classrooms, meetings and seminars
    - one participant from
    SD
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    er

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    V - low ecological validity, high mundane realism,


    ns

    al

    the doodle group was


    a

    lse
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    less control over exteraneour variables


    fa
    re

    replaced
    r
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    - Recall for both monitored and incident information


    E - only ethical code broken was deception.
    was better for doodlers than controls
    -Mean score for recall of names and places was
    29% more in doodling group than control group.
    Counterbalancing reduced order effects

    participant variables may affect results due to


    research design

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