According to the embodied approach of language, concepts are grounded in sensorimotor mental states, and when we process language, the brain simulates some of the perceptions and actions that are involved when interacting with real objects. Moreover, several studies have highlighted that cognitive performances are dependent on the overlap between the motor action simulated and the motor action required by the task. On the other hand, in the field of memory, the role of action is under debate. The aim of this work was to show that performing an action at the stage of retrieval influences memory performance in a recognition task (experiment 1) and a cued recall task (experiment 2), even if the participants were never instructed to consider the implied action. The results highlighted an action-based memory effect at the retrieval stage. These findings contribute to the debate about the implication of motor system in action verb processing and its role for memory.

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当检索阶段要执行的动作启用动作动词记忆时。


根据语言的具身方法，概念以感觉运动心理状态为基础，当我们处理语言时，大脑会模拟与真实物体交互时涉及的一些感知和动作。此外，一些研究强调认知表现取决于模拟的运动动作和任务所需的运动动作之间的重叠。另一方面，在记忆领域，行动的作用正在争论之中。这项工作的目的是表明，即使从未指示参与者考虑隐含的动作，在检索阶段执行某个动作也会影响识别任务（实验 1）和提示回忆任务（实验 2）中的记忆表现。结果强调了检索阶段基于动作的记忆效应。这些发现引发了关于运动系统在动作动词处理中的含义及其对记忆的作用的争论。