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Vol.21, No.4, 37 ~ 43, 2018
Title
Effect of LED Illuminance and Task Difficulty on Long-term Memory
 
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of LED illumination and task difficulty on a person's long-term memory. Illumination levels of 400 lx and 1,000 lx were employed in this study, and task difficulty was set at learning 4 words (easy task) and 7 words (difficult task). The person's retention rate of the learned task was designated as a dependent variable. A total of 64 subjects participated in this study, and 16 participants assigned to each of the four sets of conditions. The results indicated that the retention rate for the difficult task under relatively dark 400 lx conditions was 68.49%, while and the retention rate was higher than 56.03% for 1,000 lx conditions. In addition, for the easy task, the retention rate was 67.97% and 56.55% for the 400 1x and the 1,000 1x conditions, respectively. However, the interaction between illumination and task difficulty was not statistically significant. The study results further suggested that long-term memory can be effective in relatively dark conditions and indirectly suggests that long-term memory may not follow the Yokers-Dodson law.
Key Words
LED Light, Long-term Memory, Word Fragment Complete Task, Task Difficulty, Illuminance, Yokers-Dodson Law, LED 조명, 장기기억, 단어완성검사, 과제 난이도, 조도, 요커스-도드슨 법칙
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