THE EFFECT OF PEMPEK BREAKFAST ON SHORT TERM MEMORY IN STUDENTS AT PSYCHOLOHY STUDY PROGRAM UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG

Zahirah, Siti Alicia
Puspita, Adelia
Fauzian , Cheazar Haqqy
Nabela , Nency
Simatupang, Sheva Semara
Az-Zahaby, M Fawwaz
Al-Qolba Sugun, Maula Habib
Rahayu, Riski Tiara
Sintia, Tezzy Maria
Putri, Nur Amalia

Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences (IJoMS)

A lot of theory and research said that breakfast can improve someone’s short term memory. The purpose of this research is to find out wether breakfast really improve short term memory or not. This research used quasi-experimental with control group design. There’s 30 students of Psychology students at Raden Fatah State Islamic University Palembang, 15 as subjects who were given breakfast, 15 as control group subjects who were not given breakfast. Subjects have an age range between 19-20 years old, all of subject are those who are accustomed to breakfast. Subject given pempek as the breakfast. Memory test used is biopsycologytes, performed twice, before breakfast and 3 minute after material. The result of this study are there is a significant difference in short term memory scores between subjects given breakfast and subjects not given breakfast with p = 0,00 withpaired sample t-test technique. Conclusion of this research is, breakfast has an effect to short term memory.