Memory of imagined actions: Imagining oneself or another person |
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Authors: | Michel Denis Johannes Engelkamp Gilbert Mohr |
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Institution: | (1) Centre d'Études de Psychologie Cognitive, Université de Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, Bâtiment 335, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France;(2) Fachrichtung Psychologie, Universität des Saarlandes, W-6600 Saarbrücken, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary In two experiments, three modes of action encoding were compared: overt enactment, self-imagination, and imagination of another person performing the actions. Overt enactment and imagining self-performance of an action are mainly assumed to involve motor-kinesthetic representations, whereas imagining another person is thought to place more demands on the visual representational system. Previous paired-associate learning data on memory of action verbs showed that motor-kinesthetic imagery hinders pair integration, but that pair integration is facilitated by visual imagery. The comparison of free and cued recall of actions learned from lists of concrete nouns supports the assumption that the representational properties of overt enactment and self-imagination differ from those involved in the imagining of another person. |
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