Does action make you faster? A retrieval-based approach to investigating the origins of the enactment effect

The enactment effect, the stable finding that memory for action phrases is enhanced in a subject‐performed compared to a verbal task (SPT; VT), has repeatedly been demonstrated. The question remains whether the enactment effect has to do with specific characteristics of the SPT‐retrieval process. Ex...

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Published in:	Scandinavian journal of psychology Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 487 - 495
Main Authors:	SPRANGER, TINA, SCHATZ, TANJA R., KNOPF, MONIKA
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2008
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult age differences Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging - psychology Attention Female Humans Imagination Male Memory for action events Mental Recall Middle Aged Practice (Psychology) Psychomotor Performance Reading Retention (Psychology) retrieval Semantics Verbal Learning Young Adult
ISSN:	0036-5564, 1467-9450
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