The Effect of Jogging on the Memory Abilities of 12-year-old Males
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The Effect of Jogging 804.672 meters on the Memory Abilities of 12 year-old Males
By Zachariah Abueg
1B
11/5/11
In this experiment, the researcher will test how mildly jogging 804.672 meters on a neighborhood sidewalk will affect the memory ability of a 12 year old male. This research will give the researcher background information on how jogging will affect a 12 year-old’s memory and hippocampus volume, as well as the brain itself. The results will help to validate that jogging will increasingly affect a 12 year-old’s memory ability from using a number grid test as the testing tool.
The human memory is a process that involves a constant cycle of three phases. The foremost phrase in which memory occurs is [called] encoding. This involves receiving information and processing it (Bright, n.d., pg. 1) The brain encodes information for memory based on what one senses, how one emotionally feels, one’s movement, what one reads, and the meanings that things have to him/her. Encoding information relies on the brain’s working memory (Bright, n.d., pg. 1) – the memory system used in short-term memory for temporarily storing newly learned information (Storing Memory, 2008, pg. 1). This phrase is first and foremost in the memory process, because before information can be stored, it must be effectively encoded and processed into the brain (Ionascu, n.d., pg. 1).
The next phase is storing the information into the many various areas in the brain (Bright, n.d., pg. 1). Though various areas of the brain aid in the memory process, the temporal lobe represents a major memory center. Within the temporal lobes, different hemispheres serve different storage functions (Ionascu, n.d., pg. 1).
One’s memory storage depends on what kind of information he/she is trying to save. The brain uses short-term memory to learn something for quick retrieval. Information that uses and processes short-term memory is stored into the prefrontal lobe (Bright, n.d., pg. 1).
The Effect of Jogging 804.672 meters on the Memory Abilities of 12 year-old Males
By Zachariah Abueg
1B
11/5/11
In this experiment, the researcher will test how mildly jogging 804.672 meters on a neighborhood sidewalk will affect the memory ability of a 12 year old male. This research will give the researcher background information on how jogging will affect a 12 year-old’s memory and hippocampus volume, as well as the brain itself. The results will help to validate that jogging will increasingly affect a 12 year-old’s memory ability from using a number grid test as the testing tool.
The human memory is a process that involves a constant cycle of three phases. The foremost phrase in which memory occurs is [called] encoding. This involves receiving information and processing it (Bright, n.d., pg. 1) The brain encodes information for memory based on what one senses, how one emotionally feels, one’s movement, what one reads, and the meanings that things have to him/her. Encoding information relies on the brain’s working memory (Bright, n.d., pg. 1) – the memory system used in short-term memory for temporarily storing newly learned information (Storing Memory, 2008, pg. 1). This phrase is first and foremost in the memory process, because before information can be stored, it must be effectively encoded and processed into the brain (Ionascu, n.d., pg. 1).
The next phase is storing the information into the many various areas in the brain (Bright, n.d., pg. 1). Though various areas of the brain aid in the memory process, the temporal lobe represents a major memory center. Within the temporal lobes, different hemispheres serve different storage functions (Ionascu, n.d., pg. 1).
One’s memory storage depends on what kind of information he/she is trying to save. The brain uses short-term memory to learn something for quick retrieval. Information that uses and processes short-term memory is stored into the prefrontal lobe (Bright, n.d., pg. 1).