Self-movements Destroy Biological Motion Rehearsal in Working Memory
To process the biological motion,the movements of animate entities,and form its coherent representations,persons need to re-tain the biological motion information in working memory.Previous studies have found that the mirror neuron system is involved in bio-logical motion rehearsal in working memory.The present study examined whether interfering with the activity of mirror neurons would destroy the working memory retention of biological motion.Experiment required the participants to perform a self-movements task dur-ing the working memory maintenance phase.Results showed that self-movement led to a larger impairment for the memory performance of biological motion than the memory performance of circular motion.These results suggest that the mirror neuron system plays a key role in biological motion rehearsal in working memory.
biological motionworking memorymirror neuron system
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