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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 | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | MEMORY & COGNITION | ||||
Publisher: | PSYCHONOMIC SOC INC | ||||
ISSN: | 0090-502X | ||||
Official Date: | March 1998 | ||||
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Volume: | 26 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 193-200 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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