UNSPECIFIED (1998) Generalizing everyday memory: Signs and handedness. MEMORY & COGNITION, 26 (2). pp. 193-200. ISSN 0090-502X

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Abstract

Memory for frequently encountered road signs was investigated. In Experiment 1, the average level of recall of road sign features was found to be only 47%. In Experiment 2, more left-handed than right-handed people recalled that a walking figure faces right on one sign, whereas more right-handed than left-handed people recalled that a digging figure faces left on another sign. Performance thus reflected not a difference in level of mnemonic ability between left-handed and right-handed groups but instead the compatibility between group and task. In Experiment 3, participants were asked to draw any figure walking and any figure digging, with a pattern of results similar to that of Experiment 2. It is suggested that handedness effects in recall are mediated by motor imagery.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	MEMORY & COGNITION
Publisher:	PSYCHONOMIC SOC INC
ISSN:	0090-502X
Date:	March 1998
Volume:	26
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	8
Page Range:	pp. 193-200
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/15799

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