Do motor representations influence declarative memory for graspable objects? A test with action priming and short-term hand nonuse.

This study addressed the role of motor representations in declarative memory (i.e., semantic and episodic).

Kinematic observation reduces effect of aging on episodic memory performance.

This study investigated the influence of kinematics observation (i.e., observing action from only the motion of the main joints of an actor) on episodic memory performance differences between young and older adults.

The role of implicit motor simulation on action verb memory.

Observation is known to improve memory for action. Previous findings linked such an effect with an easier relation processing of action components following observation compared to mere sentence reading. However, action observation also elicits implicit motor simulation, that is a processing of one's movement through the observer own motor system.

Short-term upper limb immobilization and the embodied view of memory: A pilot study.

The present study aimed to explore the contribution of the manual sensorimotor system to the memory of graspable objects. Participants in the experimental group underwent a short-term upper limb immobilization design to decrease arousal to their dominant hand. Such designs are known to elicit updating of sensorimotor representations and to hardened use of implicit motor simulation, a process that occurs when observing graspable objects.