Enactment versus observation: item-specific and relational processing in goal-directed action sequences (and lists of single actions).

What are the memory-related consequences of learning actions (such as "apply the patch") by enactment during study, as compared to action observation? Theories converge in postulating that enactment encoding increases item-specific processing, but not the processing of relational informati...

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Main Authors: Janette Schult, Rul von Stülpnagel, Melanie C Steffens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4057351?pdf=render