I don't remember my first research assignment. I was probably in middle school, in the 6th grade. My old school made all the students in grades 5-8 participate in conducting individual science experiments. I remember we were given the option to work alone or with a partner to conduction science experiments. My friend/partner Jada and I, worked on the mental process of human beings.
In order to conduct the experiment, we needed six test subjects (people) , music, flash cards, and a stop watch. The subjects would be listening to music then have to say the colors that were on the index cards. The catch was that the word was written in different colors. For example: the word orange was write in the color brown. We timed the amount of time it took each person completed the set of cards. Then recorded it in our data.
After conducting the experiment, we had to find research on the mental process and how our brain processed information. This was difficult because we didn't know where to start. First we used Google search, then clicked a few links that had scientific explanations. Our teacher didn't teach us about the research process. Jada borrowed some books, while i used the internet to read articles. I enjoyed doing the research because i was able to learn about the brain which is a very fascinating thing.
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