Memory for movement: Interaction of location and distance cues and imagery ability

Abstract. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the hypothesis on the levels of psychological processes (Hatta, 1977(Hatta, , 1978 accounts for lateral differences in arm positioning movement (a spatial localization task). Fifteen right-handed male subjects were asked to perform a constrained criterion movement, 12 cm in length, with the left or right arm. Then, after a 10-sec retention interval, they were asked to perform the movement with the same arm, estimating lengths of 6, 12 or 24 cm. Different levels of psychological processes were assumed to be involved in estimating these various movement lengths-half, the same, or double that of the original. All possible combinations of the arm (left/right) and three movement length were tested. The CE scores were lower (more accurate) for the left arm (half; 1.5 ± 8.1 mm, same; 4.3 ± 6.2 mm, double; 5.9 ± 20.3 mm) than those for the right arm (half; 5.9 ± 7.6 mm, same; 10.6 ± 10.6 mm, double; 11.8 ± 23.6 mm) in all conditions, indicating a lateral difference (the right hemisphere dominance) in arm positioning tasks. This typical lateral difference, which displayed no significant difference among conditions, is supposed to be mediated by complex or high-level psychological processes. These psychological processes are required by the subjects in the estimation of the various movement lengths. This study suggests that the level of psychological processes is a crucial factor in the manifestation of lateral differences in the performance of arm positioning movements.

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“…Results indicating that VE increased as the length of the test movements increased support findings by other investigators (Walsh et al, 1980).…”

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Lateral Difference in the Reproduction of Arm Positioning Movement: An Examination of the Hypothesis on the Levels of Psychological Processes.

Yamauchi

Imanaka²,

Nakayama³

et al. 1998

Appl Human Sci

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“…Walshe, Russell and Imanaka (1980) found no relationship between vividness as assessed by the MIQ and memory for distance and location information. Investigation of the relationship between vividness and other objective tests such as mental rotation have also failed consistently to find any significant relationship (Dean & Morris, 1991;Ernest, 1977;Poltrock & Brown, 1984).…”

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confidence: 63%

Psychophysiological correlates of dynamic imagery

Williams

Rippon

Stone³

et al. 1995

British J of Psychology

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Brain Electrical Activity Maps were recorded from 20 subjects whilst performing: (a) the Vandenberg & Kuse Mental Rotation Test (MRT) and: (b) the Isaac, Marks & Russell Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire (VMIQ), and under control conditions. Subjects were classified as good or poor imagers, first on the basis of their VMIQ scores, and secondly on their MRT scores. Alpha, beta 1 and beta 2 at different cortical regions were compared between groups and between task performance and control conditions. During MRT significant reductions in alpha amplitude were found over both right and left parietal areas and over the left frontal region. In beta 1 non‐significant trends in the same direction were observed in the same regions found to be significant in alpha. Non‐significant trends in beta 2 were observed over the right parietal and frontal regions. No differences in amplitude at any frequency band were found between good and poor VMIQ scorers but subjects with high MRT scores showed greater alpha amplitude at many sites in the parietal, parieto‐occipital and frontal areas than subjects with low MRT scores. During VMIQ testing the VMIQ high imagers showed a non‐significant trend towards higher alpha amplitude at frontal regions and some scattered parietal and occipital sites and significantly higher levels of beta 2 in the left frontal region. However, no differences were found between imagery and control conditions. The results confirm the involvement of motor as well as spatial processes in dynamic imagery.

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“…Walsh, Russell, and Imanaka (1980) found no relationship between scores obtained on the QMI and the reproduction oflocation and distance information. Kakoschke and Roy (1985) investigated changes in the level of excitation of the alphamotoneuron pool (Hoffman reflex) due to imagining the production of various movements at three levels of force.…”

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Imagery ability and the acquisition and retention of movements

et al. 1986

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In this study, we examined the relationship between imagery ability, as measured by the Movement Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ), and the acquisition, retention, and reacquisition of movements. Based on their MIQ scores, 10 subjects were selected for the following imagery groups: high visual/high kinesthetic (HH), high visualllow kinesthetic (HL), and low visualllow kinesthetic eLL). The subjects learned four movements to a criterion level. Before each trial, subjects kinesthetically imaged the movement about to be produced. Following each acquisition trial, subjects were provided visual feedback. The acquisition phase was followed by a 2-day retention interval, a retention test consisting of three trials on each movement (no feedback provided), and a reacquisition phase. The HH group acquired the movements in the least number of trials, the LL group required the greatest number of trials, and the HL group required an intermediate number of trials. The data for the reacquisition phase showed the same trend. There was only weak evidence for a relationship between imagery ability and the retention of the movements. These findings support the position that high imagery ability facilitates the acquisition, but probably not the short term retention, of movements.

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Memory for movement: Interaction of location and distance cues and imagery ability

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Lateral Difference in the Reproduction of Arm Positioning Movement: An Examination of the Hypothesis on the Levels of Psychological Processes.

Lateral Difference in the Reproduction of Arm Positioning Movement: An Examination of the Hypothesis on the Levels of Psychological Processes.

Psychophysiological correlates of dynamic imagery

Imagery ability and the acquisition and retention of movements

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