Abstract The relationship between processing words at deeper levels and memory was examined. Participants were 38 experimental psychology students grouped depending on whether the student had completed cognitive psychology by the time of the experiment. Group A was instructed to decide if a word fit a “CCVCV” pattern, and Group B was asked if a word fit into a given sentence. As predicted, results indicated Group B recalled more words from the word list then Group …showed first 75 words of 988 total…

…showed last 75 words of 988 total…these findings. With the high priced market of memory enhancing herbs and drugs for sale in today’s market, further research on these findings should be considered. With prior findings that support an increase in memory with deeper levels of processing (Craik and Tulving, 1975) a more in-depth look into these results is necessary. References Craik, I. M., & Tulving, Endel(1975). Depth of processing and the retention of words in episodic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 104, 268-294.