Gestural Short Term and Working Memory Task

NCT02859649 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: P/2016/283
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

According to the working memory model, which accounts for the organisation of working memory, the processing of non-meaningful gestures is not clear. Some authors suggest that working memory for non-meaningful gestures has the same characteristics as the phonological loop, made up of a phonological store and of a revival process (articulatory rehearsal). These characteristics are evidenced in memory span tasks, memory span which is itself determined by the duration of the memory trace and the time required to refresh the trace by subvocal rehearsal. The investigators therefore aim to set up a gestural working memory task, which is specific, simple and reproducible, in the manner of verbal and visuospatial span tasks. It will first be an exploratory and descriptive study with healthy subjects.

Conditions

Neuropsychology; Gesture

Keywords

working memory; short term memory; gesture

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Gestural span

  Measure and description of the gestural span during the tests of short-term memory and gestural working memory, and correlation with the verbal and visuo-spatial spans.

  1 day

Study Arms (1)

healthy volunteers

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: neuropsychological test

Interventions

neuropsychological test BEHAVIORAL

neuropsychological test

healthy volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• healthy adult volunteers
• /50 years old
• they must speak fluent French and give their informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• neurological or psychiatric disorder
• uncorrected visual or hearing loss

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon: lead

Study Sites (1)

Eloi Magnin

Besançon, 25000, France

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Baddeley A. The episodic buffer: a new component of working memory? Trends Cogn Sci. 2000 Nov 1;4(11):417-423. doi: 10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01538-2.

  PMID: 11058819 BACKGROUND

• Baddeley AD, Allen RJ, Hitch GJ. Binding in visual working memory: the role of the episodic buffer. Neuropsychologia. 2011 May;49(6):1393-400. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.042. Epub 2011 Jan 20.

  PMID: 21256143 BACKGROUND

• Wilson M, Fox G. Working memory for language is not special: evidence for an articulatory loop for novel stimuli. Psychon Bull Rev. 2007 Jun;14(3):470-3. doi: 10.3758/bf03194091.

  PMID: 17874590 BACKGROUND

• Conway AR, Kane MJ, Bunting MF, Hambrick DZ, Wilhelm O, Engle RW. Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user's guide. Psychon Bull Rev. 2005 Oct;12(5):769-86. doi: 10.3758/bf03196772.

  PMID: 16523997 BACKGROUND

• Cowan N. The magical number 4 in short-term memory: a reconsideration of mental storage capacity. Behav Brain Sci. 2001 Feb;24(1):87-114; discussion 114-85. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x01003922.

  PMID: 11515286 BACKGROUND

• CONRAD R, HULL AJ. INFORMATION, ACOUSTIC CONFUSION AND MEMORY SPAN. Br J Psychol. 1964 Nov;55:429-32. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1964.tb00928.x. No abstract available.

  PMID: 14237884 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Gestures

Interventions

Neuropsychological Tests

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Kinesics; Nonverbal Communication; Communication; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Psychological Tests; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2016
• First Posted: August 9, 2016
• Study Start: April 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: October 1, 2016
• Last Updated: August 9, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-08

Locations

FR (1)