Exploring techniques for encoding spoken instructions in working memory: a comparison of verbal rehearsal, motor imagery, self-enactment and action observation

doi:10.1080/09658211.2023.2273763

	Exploring techniques for encoding spoken instructions in working memory: a comparison of verbal rehearsal, motor imagery, self-enactment and action observation
	Yang, Tian-xiao1,2,5 ; Allen, Richard J.3; Waterman, Amanda H.3; Graham, Agnieszka J.4; Su, Xiao-min1,2 ; Gao, Yan1,2
通讯作者	Yang, Tian-xiao([email protected])
摘要	Encoding and recalling spoken instructions is subject to working memory capacity limits. Previous research suggests action-based encoding facilitates instruction recall, but has not directly compared benefits across different types of action-based techniques. The current study addressed this in two experiments with young adults. In Experiment 1, participants listened to instructional sequences containing four action-object pairs, and encoded these instructions using either a motor imagery or verbal rehearsal technique, followed by recall via oral repetition or enactment. Memory for instructions was better when participants used a motor imagery technique during encoding, and when recalling the instructions by enactment. The advantage of using a motor imagery technique was present in both verbal and enacted recall. In Experiment 2, participants encoded spoken instructions whilst implementing one of four techniques (verbal rehearsal, motor imagery, observation of others' actions or self-enactment), and then recalled the instructions by oral repetition or enactment. For both verbal and enacted recall, memory for instructions was least accurate in the rehearsal condition, while the other encoding conditions did not differ from each other. These novel findings indicate similar benefits of imagining, observation and execution of actions in encoding spoken instructions, and enrich current understanding of action-based benefits in working memory.
关键词	Working memory rehearsal observation imagery enactment
	2023-10-27
语种	英语
DOI	10.1080/09658211.2023.2273763
发表期刊	MEMORY
ISSN	0965-8211
页码	14
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[31400873] ; CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology
出版者	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
WOS关键词	PERFORMED TASKS ; STRATEGY USE ; RECALL ; RETRIEVAL ; POWER ; COMPREHENSION ; ABILITY ; EVENTS ; SPAN
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Experimental
WOS记录号	WOS:001092241400001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/46321
专题	中国科学院心理健康重点实验室
通讯作者	Yang, Tian-xiao
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Neuropsychol & Appl Cognit Neurosci Lab, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Leeds, Sch Psychol, Leeds, England 4.Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Psychol, Belfast, North Ireland 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	认知与发展心理学研究室
通讯作者单位	认知与发展心理学研究室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Tian-xiao,Allen, Richard J.,Waterman, Amanda H.,et al. Exploring techniques for encoding spoken instructions in working memory: a comparison of verbal rehearsal, motor imagery, self-enactment and action observation[J]. MEMORY,2023:14.
APA	Yang, Tian-xiao,Allen, Richard J.,Waterman, Amanda H.,Graham, Agnieszka J.,Su, Xiao-min,&Gao, Yan.(2023).Exploring techniques for encoding spoken instructions in working memory: a comparison of verbal rehearsal, motor imagery, self-enactment and action observation.MEMORY,14.
MLA	Yang, Tian-xiao,et al."Exploring techniques for encoding spoken instructions in working memory: a comparison of verbal rehearsal, motor imagery, self-enactment and action observation".MEMORY (2023):14.