Moving and memorizing: Motor planning modulates the recency effect in serial and free recall

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-79

  Weigelt, Matthias ^a   Rosenbaum, David A ^b   Huelshorst, Sven ^a   Schack, Thomas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End state comfort effect; Grip selection; Motor planning; Serial position curve; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOALS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR SKILLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 68349155798     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Atkinson R.C., and Shiffrin R.M. Human memory: A proposed system and it control processes. In: Spence K.W., and Spence J.T. (Eds). The psychology of learning and motivation Vol. 2 (1968), Academic Press, London
2. Brown J. Some test of the decay theory of immediate memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 10 (1958) 12-21
3. Brown G.D.A., Neath I., and Chater N. A temporal ratio model of memory. Psychological Review 114 (2007) 539-576
4. Cohen R.G., and Rosenbaum D.A. Where grasps are made reveals how grasps are planned: Generation and recall of motor plans. Experimental Brain Research 157 4 (2004) 486-495
5. Crowder R.G. Principles of learning and memory (1976), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, Hillsdale, NJ
6. Epelboim J., Steinman R.M., Kowler E., Pizlo Z., Erkelens C.J., and Collewijn H. Gaze-shift dynamics in two kinds of sequential looking tasks. Vision Research 37 (1997) 2597-2607
7. Estes W.K. An associative basis for coding and organization in memory. In: Melton A.W., and Martin E. (Eds). Coding processes in human memory (1972), Winston, Washington, DC 161-190
8. Estes W.K. On types of item coding and source of recall in short-term memory. In: Hockley W.E., and Lewandowsky S. (Eds). Relating theory and data: Essays on human memory in honor of Bennet B. Murdock (1991), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 155-174
9. Glanzer M. Storage mechanisms in recall. In: Bower G.H. (Ed). The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory Vol. 5 (1972), Academic Press, New York 129-193
10. Glanzer M., and Cunitz A.R. Two storage mechanisms in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 5 (1966) 351-360
11. Glanzer M., and Schwartz A. Mnemonic structure in free recall: Differential effects on STS and LTS. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 10 (1971) 194-198
12. Haggard P. Planning of action sequences. Acta Psychologica 99 (1998) 201-215
13. Helstrup T., and Magnussen S. The mental representation of familiar, long-distance journeys. Journal of Environmental Psychology 21 (2001) 411-421
14. Hommel B., Muesseler J., Aschersleben G., and Prinz W. The theory of event coding (TEC): A framework for perception and action planning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 5 (2001) 849-937
15. Huttenlocher J., Hedges L.V., and Prohaska V. Memory for day of the week: A 5 + 2 day cycle. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 121 (1992) 313-326
16. Jahnke J.C. Primacy and recency effects in serial-position curves of immediate recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology 70 (1965) 130-132
17. Jax S.A., and Rosenbaum D.A. Hand path priming in manual obstacle avoidance. Evidence that the dorsal stream does not only control visually guided actions in real time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 33 (2007) 425-441
18. Kelso J.A.S. Phase transitions and critical behavior in human bimanual coordination. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 246 (1984) R1000-R1004
19. Keppel G., and Underwood B.J. Proactive inhibition in short-term retention of single items. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 1 (1962) 153-161
20. Klatzky R.L. Human memory: Structures and processes. 2nd ed. (1980), San Francisco, W.H. Freeman and Company
21. Klein K.A., Addis K.M., and Kahana M.J. A comparative analysis of serial and free recall. Memory and Cognition 33 5 (2005) 833-839
22. Kunde W., and Weigelt M. Goal-congruency in bimanual object manipulation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 31 1 (2005) 145-156
23. Lashley K.S. The problem of serial order in behavior. In: Jeffress L.A. (Ed). Cerebral mechanisms in behavior (1951), Wiley, New York 112-131
24. Marteniuk R.G., MacKenzie C.L., Jeannerod M., Athenes S., and Dugas C. Constraints on human arm movement trajectories. Canadian Journal of Psychology 4 (1987) 365-378
25. Murdock Jr. The serial position effect of free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology 64 5 (1962) 482-488
26. Nairne J.S. Remembering over the short-term: The case against the standard model. Annual Review of Psychology 53 (2002) 53-81
27. Nairne J.S., and Dutta A. Spatial and temporal uncertainty in long-term memory. Journal of Memory and Language 31 (1992) 396-407
28. Neath I., and Brown G.D.A. Further applications of a local distinctivness model of memory. Psychology of Learning and Motivation 46 (2006) 201-243
29. Peterson L.R., and Peterson M.J. Short-term retention of individual verbal items. Journal of Experimental Psychology 58 3 (1959) 193-198
30. Postman L., and Philips L.W. Short-term temporal changes in free recall. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 17 (1965) 132-138
31. Raymond B. Short-term and long-term storage in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 8 (1969) 567-574
32. Roediger III H.L., and Crowder R.G. A serial position effect in recall of United States presidents. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 8 (1976) 275-278
33. Rosenbaum D.A., Carlson R.A., and Gilmore R.O. Acquisition of intellectual and perceptual-motor skills. Annual Review of Psychology 52 (2001) 453-470
34. Rosenbaum D.A., Cohen R.G., Jax S.A., Van Der Wel R., and Weiss D.J. The problem of serial order in behavior: Lashley's legacy. Human Movement Science 26 (2007) 525-554
35. Rosenbaum D.A., Cohen R.G., Meulenbroek R.G., and Vaughan J. Plans for grasping objects. In: Latash M., and Lestienne F. (Eds). Motor control and Learning over the lifespan (2006), Springer, New York 9-25
36. Rosenbaum D.A., and Jorgensen M.J. Planning macroscopic aspects of manual control. Human Movement Science 11 (1992) 61-69
37. Rosenbaum D.A., Loukopoulos L.D., Meulenbroek R.G., Vaughan J., and Engelbrecht S.E. Planning reaches by evaluating stored postures. Psychological Review 102 (1995) 26-67
38. Rosenbaum D.A., Marchak F., Barnes H.J., Vaughan J., Slotta J., and Jorgensen M. Constraints for action selection: Overhand versus underhand grips. In: Jeannerod M. (Ed). Attention and performance XIII: Motor representation and control (1990), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ 321-342
39. Rosenbaum D.A., Meulenbroek R.G., Vaughan J., and Jansen C. Posture-based motion planning: Applications to grasping. Psychological Review 108 (2001) 709-734
40. Rosenbaum D.A., van Heugten C.M., and Caldwell G.E. From cognition to biomechanics and back: The end-state comfort effect and the middle-is-faster effect. Acta Psychologica 94 (1996) 59-85
41. Rostoft M.S., Sigmundsson H., Ingvaldsen R.P., and Whiting H.T.A. Dynamics of hand preference in 4 year-old children. Behavioural Brain Research 132 (2002) 59-68
42. Schack T. The cognitive architecture of complex movement. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 2 (2004) 403-438
43. Schack T., and Mechsner F. Representation of motor skills in human long-term-memory. Neuroscience Letters 391 (2006) 77-81
44. Schmidt R.A., and Bjork R.A. New conceptualizations of practice. Common principles in three paradigms suggest new concepts for training. Psychological Science 3 (1992) 207-214
45. Shin J., and Rosenbaum D.A. Reaching while calculating: Scheduling of cognitive and perceptual-motor processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 131 (2002) 206-219
46. Short M.W., and Cauraugh J.H. Planning macroscopic aspects of manual control: End-state comfort and point-of-change effects. Acta Psychologica 96 (1997) 133-147
47. Singhal A., Culham J.C., Chinellato E., and Goodale M.A. Dual-task interference is greater in delayed grasping than in visually guided grasping. Journal of Vision 7 (2007) 12
48. Steenbergen B., Meulenbroek R.G.J., and Rosenbaum D.A. Constraints on grip selection in hemiparetic cerebral palsy: Effects of lesional side, end-point accuracy and context. Cognitive Brain Research 19 (2004) 145-159
49. Sternberg S. Memory-scanning. Mental processes revealed by reaction-time experiments. American Scientist 4 (1969) 421-457
50. Terrace H.S., Son L.K., and Brannon E.M. Serial expertise in rhesus macaques. Psychological Science 14 (2003) 66-73
51. Turvey M.T., Brick P., and Osborn J. Proactive interference in short-term memory as a function of prior-item retention interval. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 22 (1970) 142-147
52. Van der Wel R.P.R.D., Fleckenstein R., Jax S., and Rosenbaum D.A. Hand path priming in manual obstacle avoidance. Evidence for abstract spatio-temporal forms in human motor control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 33 (2007) 1117-1126
53. Weigelt M. Re-examining structural constraints on the initiation of bimanual movements: The role of starting locations, movement amplitudes, and target locations. Human Movement Science 26 (2007) 212-225
54. Weigelt M., Kunde W., and Prinz W. End-state comfort in bimanual object manipulation. Experimental Psychology 53 2 (2006) 143-148
55. Weigelt M., Rieger M., Mechsner F., and Prinz W. Target-related coupling in bimanual reaching movements. Psychological Research 71 (2007) 438-447
56. Weir P.L., MacDonald J.R., Mallat B.J., Leavitt J.L., and Roy E.A. Age-related differences in prehension: The influence of task goals. Journal of Motor Behavior 30 (1998) 79-89
57. Weiss D.J., and Wark J. Hysteresis effects in a motor task in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 35 3 (2009) 427-433
58. Weiss D.J., Wark J.D., and Rosenbaum D.A. Monkey see, monkey plan, monkey do: The end-state comfort effect in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Psychological Science 18 (2007) 1063-1068
59. Wilson M. Six views of embodied cognition. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 9 4 (2002) 625-636
60. Wolpert D.M., and Flanagan J.R. Motor prediction. Current Biology 11 (2001) 729-732
61. Wright A.A., Santiago H.C., Sands S.F., Kendrick D.F., and Cook R.G. Memory processing of serial lists by pigeons, monkeys, and people. Science 229 (1985) 287-289
62. Zhang W., and Rosenbaum D.A. Planning for manual positioning: The end-state comfort effect for abduction-adduction of the hand. Experimental Brain Research 184 (2008) 383-389