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The Spatial Memory Game: Testing the Relationship Between Spatial Language, Object Knowledge, and Spatial Cognition
Published on: February 19, 2018
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Hysteresis in reach planning and spatial demonstrative choice.
Michael Long1, Michael P Kaschak1
1Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)
|January 24, 2025
Summary
This study found hysteresis, a memory effect, in choosing between "this" and "that". These language production findings parallel similar memory effects observed in motor control tasks.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Psycholinguistics
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Recent research indicates hysteresis in syntactic choice during language production.
- These hysteresis effects in language resemble those found in motor control tasks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate hysteresis in the choice of spatial demonstratives ('this' vs. 'that').
- To compare hysteresis in spatial demonstrative choice with that in a similar motor task.
Main Methods:
- Participants completed a task involving choices between spatial demonstratives.
- A comparable motor task was administered to assess parallel effects.
- Hysteresis was analyzed in both linguistic and motor choices.
Main Results:
- Hysteresis was observed in both spatial demonstrative choice and the motor task.
- Some motor task effects, like response time advantages for repetition, were not seen in the language task.
Conclusions:
- Hysteresis is a feature of spatial demonstrative selection in language production.
- While parallels exist, language and motor hysteresis exhibit some distinct characteristics.
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