記憶における概念－運動適合性

ミラーニューロンの観点から

抄録

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of imitating or observing other's head movements on recognition of valenced words from the perspective of the mirror neurons hypothesis. We expected the occurrence of the 'Conceptual-motor compatibility' that participants who are induced to nod or observe other's nodding are more likely to recognize positive words whereas participants who are induced to shake their heads or observe other shaking the head are more likely to recognize negative words. However, our experiment failed to find it. However, we found the effects of the compatibility between head movements and activity valence of words. These findings suggest how the conceptual-motor compatibility on memory depends on whether words have valence compatible with some context behind the movements.