How does enactment affect the ability to follow instructions in working memory?
Recent studies examining working memory for sequences of instructions have demonstrated a performance advantage when the instructions are physically enacted rather than verbally recalled. However, little is known about the source of this effect, or how instructions are stored in working memory more...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 555 - 562 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2015
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