We assessed potential facilitation of congruent body posture on access to and retention of
autobiographical memories in younger and older adults. Response times were shorter when
body positions during prompted retrieval of autobiographical events were similar to the body
positions in the original events than when body position was incongruent. Free recall of the
autobiographical events two weeks later was also better for congruent-posture than for incongruent-
posture memories. The findings were similar for younger and older adults, except for
the finding that free recall was more accurate in younger adults than in older adults in the congruent
condition. We discuss these findings in the context of theories of embodied cognition.
%0 Journal Article
%1 DijkstraKaschakZwaaan
%A Dijkstra, Katinka
%A Kaschak, Michael P.
%A Zwaan, Rolf A.
%D in press
%K memory Embodied Autobiographical cognition Posture Congruence Aging
%T Body posture facilitates retrieval of autobiographical memories
%U http://freud.psy.fsu.edu/%7Ezwaan/cognition_06.pdf
%X We assessed potential facilitation of congruent body posture on access to and retention of
autobiographical memories in younger and older adults. Response times were shorter when
body positions during prompted retrieval of autobiographical events were similar to the body
positions in the original events than when body position was incongruent. Free recall of the
autobiographical events two weeks later was also better for congruent-posture than for incongruent-
posture memories. The findings were similar for younger and older adults, except for
the finding that free recall was more accurate in younger adults than in older adults in the congruent
condition. We discuss these findings in the context of theories of embodied cognition.
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abstract = {We assessed potential facilitation of congruent body posture on access to and retention of
autobiographical memories in younger and older adults. Response times were shorter when
body positions during prompted retrieval of autobiographical events were similar to the body
positions in the original events than when body position was incongruent. Free recall of the
autobiographical events two weeks later was also better for congruent-posture than for incongruent-
posture memories. The findings were similar for younger and older adults, except for
the finding that free recall was more accurate in younger adults than in older adults in the congruent
condition. We discuss these findings in the context of theories of embodied cognition.},
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author = {Dijkstra, Katinka and Kaschak, Michael P. and Zwaan, Rolf A.},
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keywords = {memory Embodied Autobiographical cognition Posture Congruence Aging},
timestamp = {2006-08-18T00:19:37.000+0200},
title = {Body posture facilitates retrieval of autobiographical memories},
url = {http://freud.psy.fsu.edu/%7Ezwaan/cognition_06.pdf},
year = {in press}
}