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T1 Comparing mnemonic effects of iconic gestures and pictures on word memory.
A1 Sánchez Borges, Iván
A1 Álvarez González, Carlos Javier
A2 Psicología CognitivaSocial y Organizacional
K1 Iconic gesture
K1 picture
K1 memory
K1 words
AB Previous studies using intermodal semantic priming have found that gestures improve language memory. In the presentstudy, we ask whether the inherent characteristics of representative gestures (iconic gestures) facilitate word memory, orit is simply the semantic content shared with the words. Two analogous experiments were carried out presenting iconicgestures, pictures, or null primes to target words (nouns and action verbs). In Experiment 1, participants performed afree word recall task. In Experiment 2, the task was one of recognition. The results showed that participants recalled(Experiment 1) an equivalent number of words preceded by gestures or pictures compared with words alone, withno prime. However, a significantly higher number of words were recognised (Experiment 2) when they were primedby iconic gestures compared with the other two conditions, an advantage also found in reaction times (RTs) and botheffects being larger in verbs than in nouns. These findings are discussed regarding the differences between recall andrecognition processes as well as the particular characteristics of representative gestures.
YR 2022
FD 2022
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 28-jun-2024