Psychology Literature Review on Learning and Memory

Psychology Literature Review on Learning and Memory

This piece of coursework is a literature review. You will need to devise a research question
relevant to the topic below:
• Learning and memory
The research question that you choose should have been explored using a range of different
quantitative research methods (e.g., electrophysiological measures, neurophysiological
measures, and behavioural measures). No articles should use Qualitative research.

You will need to perform a search for relevant articles that have sought to address the research question
that you devise.
Based on the articles you find during the search you will need to select three original research
studies (not review papers or meta-analyses). Each article should use a different research
method to help answer your research question. For each paper you should provide a critical
review. Specifically, you should:
• explain the key features of the study
• discuss its implications
• evaluate the methods used
You should then synthesise the findings across the three papers and evaluate how each article
(and method) contributes to our overall understanding of the research question as a whole. The
more successful literature reviews will be those which explain how different research methods
(e.g., EEG and MRI) relate to one another and contribute to the overall understanding of the
research question.