TY - CHAP

T1 - Neural correlates of the enactment effect in the brain

AU - Neidhardt, Eva

AU - Mack, W.

AU - Russ, M.

AU - Lanfermann, H.

N1 - Conference code: 49

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - A better recall for subject-performed actions compared to similar action phrases encoded verbally is a well known phenomenon (e.g. Knopf & Neidhardt, 1989). There is an ongoing discussion about the basis of this so called enactment effect. Recent fMRI studies encour-aged theories which assume other mechanisms than just a motor modality effect. In the Russ et al. study (2004) brain activity for recognition of subject-performed vs. verbally en-coded action events was located in the gyrus supramarginalis, a structure that is involved in gesture production and related coding processes. The findings we want to present of two recent studies point to a structure nearby (gyrus angularis). Additionally, when com-paring target recognition to distractor rejection we consistently found activation in temporal brain areas that are not currently known to be related to episodic memory so long.

AB - A better recall for subject-performed actions compared to similar action phrases encoded verbally is a well known phenomenon (e.g. Knopf & Neidhardt, 1989). There is an ongoing discussion about the basis of this so called enactment effect. Recent fMRI studies encour-aged theories which assume other mechanisms than just a motor modality effect. In the Russ et al. study (2004) brain activity for recognition of subject-performed vs. verbally en-coded action events was located in the gyrus supramarginalis, a structure that is involved in gesture production and related coding processes. The findings we want to present of two recent studies point to a structure nearby (gyrus angularis). Additionally, when com-paring target recognition to distractor rejection we consistently found activation in temporal brain areas that are not currently known to be related to episodic memory so long.

KW - Business psychology

UR - http://d-nb.info/983539952/04

M3 - Published abstract in conference proceedings

SN - 978-3899673715

SN - 3899673719

SP - 209

BT - Beiträge zur 49. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen

A2 - Wender, Karl F.

A2 - Mecklenbräuker, Silvia

A2 - Rey, Günter Daniel

A2 - Wehr, Thomas

PB - Pabst Science Publishers

CY - Lengerich

T2 - Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen

Y2 - 26 March 2007 through 28 March 2007

ER -