Le Bigot Nathalie, Passerault Jean-Michel, Olive Thierry
Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage, Université de Poitiers and CNRS, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société, 99 avenue du recteur Pineau, 86000, Poitiers, France.
Psychol Res. 2009 Jan;73(1):89-97. doi: 10.1007/s00426-008-0135-9. Epub 2008 Feb 9.
In two experiments, we investigated memory for words location after writing a text. Experiment 1 demonstrated the existence of a memory for words location in writing by showing that participants who first composed a text and were then asked to locate words extracted from their text performed above a chance level established using a computer simulation, and better than participants who did not compose a text but were told the subject of the text. Experiment 2 showed that memory for words location in writing is mainly supported by a visuospatial representation of the text, as indicated by the lower recall of words location by participants who performed a visuospatial concurrent task at the time of the composition, compared with participants who performed a verbal concurrent task. The findings highlight the role of a spatial representation of the physical layout of the text and the role of such a memory in the writing process.
在两项实验中，我们研究了写完一篇文章后对单词位置的记忆。实验1通过以下方式证明了写作中存在对单词位置的记忆：让参与者先撰写一篇文章，然后要求他们找出从自己文章中提取的单词，结果显示参与者的表现高于通过计算机模拟确定的随机水平，且优于那些没有撰写文章但被告知文章主题的参与者。实验2表明，写作中对单词位置的记忆主要由文本的视觉空间表征支持，这体现在与进行语言并行任务的参与者相比，在撰写文章时进行视觉空间并行任务的参与者对单词位置的回忆较低。这些发现突出了文本物理布局的空间表征的作用以及这种记忆在写作过程中的作用。
