Holding biological motion information in working memory.

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1332-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mowei Shen ◽  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Xiaowei Ding ◽  
Bing Zhou ◽  
Xiang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Motion Information

Emotional states affect the retention of biological motion in working memory.

Emotion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1446-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Guo ◽  
Wenmin Li ◽  
Xiqian Lu ◽  
Xiaodong Xu ◽  
Fangfang Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Emotional States

Role of Biological-Motion Information in Recognition of Facial Expressions by Young Children

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p5673 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1399-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirokazu Doi ◽  
Akemi Kato ◽  
Ai Hashimoto ◽  
Nobuo Masataka
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Motion Information ◽  
Recognition Of Facial Expressions

scholarly journals Contribution of global and local biological motion information to speed perception and discrimination

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Ueda ◽  
Kentaro Yamamoto ◽  
Katsumi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Biological Motion ◽  
Motion Information ◽  
Speed Perception ◽  
Global And Local

scholarly journals Load-sensitive impairment of working memory for biological motion in schizophrenia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. e0186498
Author(s):  
Hannah Lee ◽  
Jejoong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion

scholarly journals Negative Affect Impairs the Working Memory Capacity of Biological Motion

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Fangfang Qiu ◽  
Rende Shui ◽  
Shulin Chen ◽  
Mowei Shen
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity

scholarly journals Motion-based Attention Underlies the Rehearsal of Biological Motion in Working Memory

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Yangfan Zhao ◽  
Xiqian Lu ◽  
Mowei Shen ◽  
Feng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion

Rehearsing Biological Motion in Working Memory: An EEG Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Shlomo Bentin ◽  
Mowei Shen
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Memory Load ◽  
Mirror Neuron System ◽  
Mirror Neuron ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Neuron System ◽  
Mu Suppression

Holding biological motion (BM), the movements of animate entities, in working memory (WM) is important to our daily social life. However, how BM is maintained in WM remains unknown. The current study investigated this issue and hypothesized that, analogous to BM perception, the human mirror neuron system (MNS) is involved in rehearsing BM in WM. To examine the MNS hypothesis of BM rehearsal, we used an EEG index of mu suppression (8–12 Hz), which has been linked to the MNS. Using a change detection task, we manipulated the BM memory load in three experiments. We predicted that mu suppression in the maintenance phase of WM would be modulated by the BM memory load; moreover, a negative correlation between the number of BM stimuli in WM and the degree of mu suppression may emerge. The results of Experiment 1 were in line with our predictions and revealed that mu suppression increased as the memory load increased from two to four BM stimuli; however, mu suppression then plateaued, as WM could only hold, at most, four BM stimuli. Moreover, the predicted negative correlation was observed. Corroborating the findings of Experiment 1, Experiment 2 further demonstrated that once participants used verbal codes to process the motion information, the mu suppression or modulation by memory load vanished. Finally, Experiment 3 demonstrated that the findings in Experiment 1 were not limited to one specific type of stimuli. Together, these results provide evidence that the MNS underlies the process of rehearsing BM in WM.

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