Motor engagement enhances incidental memory for task-irrelevant items

Actions shape what we see and memorize. A previous study suggested the interaction between motor and memory systems by showing that memory encoding for task-irrelevant items was enhanced when presented with motor-response cues. However, in the studies on the attentional boost effect, it has been rev...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Shimane, Takumi Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe, Kanji Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.914877/full