The effect of embodied cognition on memories

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It has been revealed that external stimulated manipulation of physical activity has moderating effects on people’s emotional experiences and the decision-making procedures. (Strack & Stepper, 1988). On the other hand, in the domain of memory study, memorytends to be different when retrieved in different moodstates. (Congruence Hypothesis, Risking, 1983). In study 1, subjects were holding a pen in their mouths to evoke either positive or negative emotion state; in study 2,subjects used a tear drop glasses (with without tear dropping process) when trying to retrieve memory from their past, and the difference will be discussed according to the memory retrieved in those two situations. As a result, in both cases, no matter when subjects held a pen in mouth or experienced a manipulated tear, it showed that people’s memory could be influenced when associated with an external stimulated manipulation of physical activity.