Learning dialogue with and without movement

In two experiments, we investigated the contribution of physical movement to the processing and eventual retrieval of dramatic dialogue by untrained nonactors after they had received only brief procedural coaching. It was found that participants who processed a script by reading the text aloud while...

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Published in:Memory & cognition 2001-09, Vol.29 (6), p.820-827
Main Authors: NOICE, Helga, NOICE, Tony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acting
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Communication
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Learning
Learning. Memory
Male
Memory
Mental Recall
Movement
Nonverbal Communication
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Role Playing
Verbal Learning
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Summary:In two experiments, we investigated the contribution of physical movement to the processing and eventual retrieval of dramatic dialogue by untrained nonactors after they had received only brief procedural coaching. It was found that participants who processed a script by reading the text aloud while simultaneously moving in accordance with a director's instructions retained more material than did those who used verbal communication only or controls who deliberately memorized the same material. Furthermore, when the recall of the participants in the moving condition was analyzed on a speech-by-speech basis, the results showed significantly greater memory for speeches that had been accompanied by movement than for speeches during which the same participant had remained in one place. These findings are discussed in the contexts of embodied cognition and multimodal memory models.
ISSN:0090-502X
1532-5946
DOI:10.3758/BF03196411