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The role of verbal working memory in action control

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19530655
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

SAITO Satoru  Kyoto University, 大学院・教育学研究科, 准教授 (70253242)

Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2009
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords記憶 / 行為 / 作動記憶 / 音韻ループ / 高次制御機能
Research Abstract

In a series of experiments, our participants imitated two video-presented actions either in the order presented or in reversed order, performing the actions in time with tones. This technique produced action spoonerisms and other types of action slip. The former increased equally when articulatory suppression and body movement suppression were performed concurrently, but the latter increased more under the movement suppression condition than under the articulatory suppression and silent control conditions. Furthermore, when conflict regarding the sequence of the two actions was minimized, the effect of articulatory suppression on the frequency of action spoonerisms decreased. The data suggested that articulatory suppression can induce action slips by weakening action binding under conflict regarding action sequences.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2009 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2008 Annual Research Report
  • 2007 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2009 2008 2007

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results) Presentation (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Exploring the forgetting mechanisms in working memory: Evidence from a reasoning span test.2009

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Jarrold, C., Riby, D.M.
    • Journal Title

      Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 62

      Pages: 1401-1419

    • NAID

      120001609400

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Verbal representation in task order control: An examination with transition and task cues in random task switching.2009

    • Author(s)
      Saeki, E., Saito, S.
    • Journal Title

      Memory & Cognition 37

      Pages: 1040-1050

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The processing-storage relationship in working memory span: From a perspective of a representation-based interference view.2009

    • Author(s)
      Maehara, Y., Saito, S.
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia 52

      Pages: 1-12

    • NAID

      130000137925

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Visual and phonological similarity effects in verbal immediate serial recall: A test with Kanji materials.2008

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Logie, R.H., Morita, A., Law, A.
    • Journal Title

      ournal of Memory and Language 59

      Pages: 1-17

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Working memory as a construct in cognitive science: An illustrious past and a highly promising future.2007

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Towse, J.N.
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia 50

      Pages: 69-75

    • NAID

      130001896423

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Working memory as a construct in cognitive science: An illustrious past and a highly promising future2007

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Saito & John N. Towse
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia 50

      Pages: 69-75

    • NAID

      130001896423

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Verbal control of action: A working memory approach2009

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S
    • Organizer
      Kyoto-Lancaster Joint International Proportion Proportion of errors of errors Symposium on Psycholo gical Science: New Direction of Memory Research
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2009-07-24
    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] The role of verbal working memory in action control : Examining the nature of experimentally induced action slips.2009

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Ishibashi, R., Honma, R.
    • Organizer
      Experimental Psychology Society
    • Place of Presentation
      University of York, UK
    • Year and Date
      2009-07-08
    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Working memory research in Japan, UK and E urope: A small scale comparison2009

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S.
    • Organizer
      Invited talk at the ESRC Working Memory Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Gibbon Bridge, UK
    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] The role of verbal working memory in action control: Examining the nature of experimentally induced action slips2009

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Ishibashi, R., Honma, R.
    • Organizer
      Paper presented at Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society
    • Place of Presentation
      York, UK
    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] The role of the phonological loop in serial order control2008

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Saito, Erina Saeki
    • Organizer
      Working Memory Discussion Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Percevall Hall, UK
    • Year and Date
      2008-07-22
    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Action control and verbal working memory: Evidence from a technique to induce action slips2008

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Ishibashi, R.
    • Organizer
      The 7th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory
    • Place of Presentation
      Tsukuba, Japan, Abstracts
    • Year and Date
      2008-03-21
    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Action control and verbal working memory: Evidence from a technique to induce action slips2008

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Saito
    • Organizer
      The 7th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory
    • Place of Presentation
      つくば国際会議場
    • Year and Date
      2008-03-21
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The endurance of working memory as a measure of working memory capacity2008

    • Author(s)
      Saito, S., Tanaka, T., Towse, J.N.
    • Organizer
      Poster presented at the Fourth European Working Memory Workshop (EWOMS 4)
    • Place of Presentation
      Bristol, UK
    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report

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