MindLab: A Software Tool for Integrating Interactive Microcomputer Exercises into the Classroom

Abstract

In this article, 1 review the MindLab software program (Bharucha, 1990) and present procedures for using it to create two classroom memory experiments. Both experiments highlight MindLab's versatility and. illustrate how an instructor uses MindLab in a classroom setting. Students report that participation in the experiments enhances their understanding of each illustrated memory phenomenon.

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