Relevance of the listener's motor system in recalling phrases enacted by the speaker

Memory for series of action phrases improves in listeners when speakers accompany each phrase with congruent gestures compared to when speakers stay still. Studies reveal that the listeners' motor system, at encoding, plays a crucial role in this enactment effect. We present two experiments on...

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Published in:	Memory (Hove) Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 1084 - 1092
Main Authors:	Ianì, Francesco, Bucciarelli, Monica
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Routledge 14.09.2018 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Arm - physiology Enactment Experiments Female Foot - physiology gesture observation Gestures Hand - physiology Humans Learning - physiology Leg - physiology Male memory for actions Memory, Episodic Mental Recall - physiology motor system Movement - physiology Semantics Sitting Position Speech Perception - physiology Young Adult motor system Enactment gesture observation memory for actions
ISSN:	0965-8211, 1464-0686, 1464-0686
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