The relationship between end-state comfort effects and memory performance in serial and free recall

Logan, Samuel W.; Fischman, Mark G.

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.009

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“…More generally, the interaction supports the notion of domain interactions in line with functional interactions of verbal working memory and grasping [101,102,103,104]. The present interaction shows that symbolic, conceptual information can be accessible for action specification together with motor commands and earlier than found in the Amsel et al study.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Koester

Schack

2016

PLoS ONE

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Handling our everyday life, we often react manually to verbal requests or instruction, but the functional interrelations of motor control and language are not fully understood yet, especially their neurophysiological basis. Here, we investigated whether specific motor representations for grip types interact neurophysiologically with conceptual information, that is, when reading nouns. Participants performed lexical decisions and, for words, executed a grasp-and-lift task on objects of different sizes involving precision or power grips while the electroencephalogram was recorded. Nouns could denote objects that require either a precision or a power grip and could, thus, be (in)congruent with the performed grasp. In a control block, participants pointed at the objects instead of grasping them. The main result revealed an event-related potential (ERP) interaction of grip type and conceptual information which was not present for pointing. Incongruent compared to congruent conditions elicited an increased positivity (100–200 ms after noun onset). Grip type effects were obtained in response-locked analyses of the grasping ERPs (100–300 ms at left anterior electrodes). These findings attest that grip type and conceptual information are functionally related when planning a grasping action but such an interaction could not be detected for pointing. Generally, the results suggest that control of behaviour can be modulated by task demands; conceptual noun information (i.e., associated action knowledge) may gain processing priority if the task requires a complex motor response.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Koester

Schack

2016

PLoS ONE

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“…The execution of the placing movement dudng memory retention induced domain-specific movement execution costs in WM, suggesting that physical activity in and of itself occupies domain-specific WM capacities. Hence, the results of Expedment 1 confirm and extend the basic concurrence costs hypothesis (Logan & Fischman, 2011) by showing that movement execution costs were higher in the spatial as compared with the verbal domain. It seems that executing the prepared manual action recruited processing capacities that were also required for a spatial memory task.…”

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The functional role of working memory in the (re-)planning and execution of grasping movements.

Spiegel¹,

Koester²,

Schack³

2013

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Three experiments were conducted to dissociate movement planning costs and movement execution costs in working memory (WM). The aim of the study was to clarify what kind of WM processes (verbal, spatial, or both) are recruited during movement planning and movement execution. Therefore, a WM task (verbal and spatial versions) was combined with a high-precision manual action. Participants initially planned a placing movement toward 1 of 2 targets, subsequently encoded verbal or spatial information in WM, and then executed the movement during the retention phase. We tested the impact of movement execution on memory performance (Experiment 1), the role of WM task difficulty as a moderating variable in motor-memory interactions (Experiment 2), and the impact of implementing a new motor plan during memory retention (Experiment 3). Our results show that movement execution disrupted spatial more than verbal memory (Experiment 1) and that this domain-specific interference pattern was independent of WM task difficulty (Experiment 2). Hence, the results of Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrate that executing a prepared movement recruits domain-specific visuospatial memory resources. Experiment 3 involved trials that required the implementation of a new motor plan. The additional planning requirement during the retention phase reduced performance in both WM tasks in equal measure beyond the relative movement execution costs observed in Experiments 1 and 2. These results provide evidence for distinct roles of WM in manual actions, with action execution requiring principally modality-specific capacities and (re-)planning engaging modality-general WM resources.

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“…Therefore, observed differences in executive function, which relate to the differences in motor control, could be such a constraint on movement. Indeed, higher-order cognitive skills have been argued to impose constraints in motor planning in ESC tasks (Logan & Fischman, 2011;Rosenbaum et al, 2012;Weigelt, Rosenbaum, Huelshorst, & Schack, 2009;Wunsch, Henning, Aschersleben, & Running head: CONSTRAINTS ON MOTOR PLANNING 3 Weigelt, 2013). With evidence of a specific relationship between performance on an ESC task and executive function planning/problem solving, inhibition and working memory performance in children (Stöckel & Hughes, 2016).…”

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Constraints on motor planning across the life span: Physical, cognitive, and motor factors.

Wang¹,

Williams²,

Wilmut³

2020

Psychology and Aging

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Skilled adult movers plan for a comfortable end position even when this requires an uncomfortable start position (end-state-comfort effect). This ability declines in late adulthood and has been linked to age-related differences in cognitive functioning. Other factors, which may also drive difference in motor planning in later adulthood have not been systematically examined. These include perceptions of comfort and levels of motor imagery ability (one's ability to mentally simulate action / predict the outcome of action). Therefore, this study investigated the constraints on movement planning across the lifespan, including executive functions, general motor ability, physical constraints to movement and motor imagery ability.One hundred and twenty-two participants aged 20-81 years completed an end-state-comfort task with increasing levels of complexity. Individuals' executive functions, motor control, motor imagery ability and perceived rotation span were also examined. Age-related decline was shown in planning for sequential movements but not in simple single-step movements.Motor planning demonstrated an age-related difference which was associated with an increasing number of constraints as age increased, and in older adults chronological age influenced the effect of each constraint on motor planning. Age-related difference in motor planning may reflect effective compensatory strategies in response to differing constraints in motor imagery ability, executive functions, perceived rotation span and general speed and accuracy of movement as we age.

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The relationship between end-state comfort effects and memory performance in serial and free recall

Cited by 28 publications

References 30 publications

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

The functional role of working memory in the (re-)planning and execution of grasping movements.

Constraints on motor planning across the life span: Physical, cognitive, and motor factors.

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