title: Word-to-picture recognition is a function of motor components mappings at the stage of retrieval.
abstract: Embodied approaches of cognition argue that retrieval involves the re-enactment of both sensory and motor components of the desired remembering. In this study, we investigated the effect of motor action performed to produce the response in a recognition task when this action is compatible with the affordance of the objects that have to be recognised. In our experiment, participants were first asked to learn a list of words referring to graspable objects, and then told to make recognition judgements on pictures. The pictures represented objects where the graspable part was either pointing to the same or to the opposite side of the "Yes" response key. Results show a robust effect of compatibility between objects affordance and response hand. Moreover, this compatibility improves participants' ability of discrimination, suggesting that motor components are relevant cue for memory judgement at the stage of retrieval in a recognition task. More broadly, our data highlight that memory judgements are a function of motor components mappings at the stage of retrieval.
authors: Epsylon Laboratory, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France.
authors: Denis
authors: D
authors: Brouillet
authors: CERSM Laboratory, University Paris X Nanterre, Nanterre, France.
authors: Thibaut
authors: T
authors: Brouillet
authors: URECA Laboratory, Lille 3 University, Lille, France.
authors: Audrey
authors: A
authors: Milhau
authors: CERSM Laboratory, University Paris X Nanterre, Nanterre, France.
authors: Loïc
authors: L
authors: Heurley
authors: Epsylon Laboratory, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France.
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Vagnot
authors: Epsylon Laboratory, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France.
authors: Lionel
authors: L
authors: Brunel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Embodied cognition; Memory; Motor components mappings; Recognition task