Using Actions to Enhance Memory by Christopher Madan and Anthony Singhal

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Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2012). Using actions to enhance memory: effects of enactment, gestures, and exercise on human memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 507. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00507

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This article explains how using actions can help advance our cognitive thinking. Making hand gestures and body language while speaking has been proven to improve memorization. Studies have shown that people who were told to make gestures and hand movements as they read aloud were able to recall he information they read much more than those who did not use gestures at all. These gestures while talking also help improve problem-solving abilities and motor activation. This concept proves that our body and mind work together fluidly, and that we should take account for both when improving our cognition.This also works with creative play with children as they enact, imagine, or pretend. Making up characters in an imaginary world helps children develop abstract thoughts and imagination, which helps with a stronger, sophisticated cognitive development. 






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  1. AnonymousDecember 6, 2017 at 8:36 AM

    I thought that you did a good a job. I really liked your blog post. I agree that I think hand gestures are a key factor for reading and remembering information. Kids being able to pretend is a good thing because it lets the mind grow.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 6, 2017 at 9:10 AM

    This was very interesting. I did not have any idea that children's hand movements had helped improve their memorization. I do, however, now realize that they greatly do help children. I also found it interesting that pretend play helps expand a child's mind.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 6, 2017 at 9:19 AM

    I remember as a little kid , my mom used to read me stories that included growling bears and things like waves where she could make hand movements to show me how these things worked. I got more into the story and was a lot more interested than I was before she started bringing hand gestures and sounds after it. I then developed these hand movements myself.

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