Bonham_Sydney
Today I helped Savannah attach sound panels to the tables in the main room of the energy lab. I spent most of my time practicing math games on the Mindwave program and familiarized myself with the different levels of difficulty and discovered the ability to customize the game. This is helpful because I'm testing high school students, not third graders, so I can increase the difficulty to suit the test taker. The math tests are helpful because they focus on attentiveness, however, they do not show me individual measurements of specific brainwaves. Individual measurements would allow for more conclusive results because I can connect specific levels of certain waves to varying attention levels. This poses as a bit of an issue and I'm still struggling to determine exactly how to execute this experiment. In nearly all of the tests that myself and other students have taken, attention has peaked within the first 30 seconds. I took two tests within 5 minutes of each other, first with my music playing and little to distract me. The second test had less optimal circumstances, with teachers chatting and the song changing. Neither environments were preferable, but the worsening of the environment is evident in the results attached.
The first graph shows my attention span during the former circumstances. My attentiveness peaked around 13 seconds and remained pretty constant for the bulk of the two minutes. It dropped off toward the end.
The second graph shows my attention span during the latter circumstances. My attentiveness peaked around 23 seconds and fluctuated throughout the two minutes, but did not drop off at the end. I imagine this was due to the teachers leaving the room.
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