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Article: Action and the representation of distance in cognitive maps acquired through imagined traversal: The development of a new methodology
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- Memory & Cognition
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Psychonomic Society, Inc. Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A new methodology examined the effects of action on memory for traversed distance using an imagined route traversal task. Blindfolded participants learned environments through auditory verbal description, imagining themselves walking in synchronization with metronome beats. Participants were turn
ed during traversals, and performed an action at midroute. Memory for the newly learned environments was tested through recall (measured with metronome beats). Experiments 1-3 indicated that the number (but not amplitude) of turns while imagining walking a set distance leads to an increase in perceived distance at recall. Additionally, Experiment 2 found that rewalked distance immediately prior to ...
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