Are my keys under the couch, or in my car? Enactment during learning benefits retrieval of object locations in forced-choice recognition memory.

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate how enacting actions during learning affects the retrieval of object locations in memory.
• Randomized trial involving participants who learned object locations through enactment or observation.
• Participants were tested using forced-choice recognition memory tasks.
• Analysis focused on retrieval performance between the two learning methods.
• Enactment during learning significantly improved recall of object locations compared to observation, with a recognition rate of 75% vs. 60%, p<0.01.
• Participants who enacted the actions showed better memory accuracy, suggesting a strong link between physical actions and memory retrieval.