Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Spatial tapping interferes with the processing of linguistic spatial relations.

Matthijs L Noordzij1, Rob H J van der Lubbe, Sebastiaan F W Neggers

  • 1Psychological Laboratory, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. m.noordzij@fss.uu.nl

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale
|January 15, 2005
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Effects of Introducing the Bbrainklok as a Digital External Memory Aid on Prospective Memory, Apathy and Autonomy in Individuals with Korsakoff's Syndrome.

Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment·2026
Same author

Physiological Responses to Virtual Reality-Based Stress Regulation and Relaxation Interventions: A Systematic Review.

Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress·2026
Same author

Wayfinding with Impaired Vision: Preferences for Cues, Strategies, and Aids (Part II-Perspectives from Orientation and Mobility Instructors).

Brain sciences·2026
Same author

Wayfinding with Impaired Vision: Preferences for Cues, Strategies, and Aids (Part I-Perspectives from Visually Impaired Individuals).

Brain sciences·2026
Same author

Smartwatch reminders can support time-based prospective memory in patients with Korsakoff's syndrome.

Neuropsychological rehabilitation·2025
Same author

Compassion as a guiding framework for the implementation of digital mental health interventions: An interview study with clients and professionals.

PloS one·2025
Same journal

The costs and benefits of mind-wandering: 13 Years on.

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·2026
Same journal

Can computational sentiment analysis classify autobiographical memories? Comparing VADER and TextBlob.

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·2026
Same journal

Development of enumeration processes for kindergarten children: Evidence from eye-tracking data.

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·2026
Same journal

Differential sensitivity to outcome valence reveals two classes of shift behaviour related to exploitation and exploration.

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·2026
Same journal

Effects of valence and list composition on memory predictions, performance, and beliefs.

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·2026
Same journal

Differential response to cognitive stimulation in moderate versus moderately severe Alzheimer's disease.

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·2026
See all related articles

This study shows that processing simple spatial relations involves distinct verbal and visual-spatial working memory systems. Spatial tapping, but not articulatory suppression, impaired performance, indicating visual-spatial engagement.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Spatial relations can be processed using verbal or visual-spatial strategies.
  • Understanding these distinct processing pathways is crucial for cognitive science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the underlying cognitive mechanisms for processing simple spatial relations.
  • To determine if separate verbal and visual-spatial working memory systems are engaged.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized dual-task methodology with articulatory suppression and spatial tapping.
  • Employed sentence-picture and picture-picture verification tasks.
  • Classified participants based on response time patterns to infer strategy use.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

  • Spatial tapping significantly impaired performance in both tasks.
  • Articulatory suppression showed no interference with spatial relation encoding.
  • Spatial tapping only affected participants identified as using visual-spatial strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Provides converging evidence for distinct verbal and visual-spatial strategies in processing spatial sentences.
  • Highlights the role of visual-spatial working memory in encoding spatial relations.
  • Suggests different cognitive architectures for linguistic and perceptual spatial information.