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| Title |
Getting a Grip on Memory: Unilateral Hand Clenching Alters Episodic Recall
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0062474 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ruth E. Propper, Sean E. McGraw, Tad T. Brunyé, Michael Weiss |
| Abstract |
Unilateral hand clenching increases neuronal activity in the frontal lobe of the contralateral hemisphere. Such hand clenching is also associated with increased experiencing of a given hemisphere's "mode of processing." Together, these findings suggest that unilateral hand clenching can be used to test hypotheses concerning the specializations of the cerebral hemispheres during memory encoding and retrieval. We investigated this possibility by testing effects of unilateral hand clenching on episodic memory. The hemispheric Encoding/Retrieval Asymmetry (HERA) model proposes left prefrontal regions are associated with encoding, and right prefrontal regions with retrieval, of episodic memories. It was hypothesized that right hand clenching (left hemisphere activation) pre-encoding, and left hand clenching (right hemisphere activation) pre-recall, would result in superior memory. Results supported the HERA model. Also supported was that simple unilateral hand clenching can be used as a means by which the functional specializations of the cerebral hemispheres can be investigated in intact humans. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 333 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 62 | 19% |
| United States | 38 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 14 | 4% |
| Thailand | 9 | 3% |
| Australia | 7 | 2% |
| Canada | 6 | 2% |
| Sweden | 4 | 1% |
| Italy | 4 | 1% |
| Germany | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 31 | 9% |
| Unknown | 154 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 241 | 72% |
| Scientists | 51 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 23 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 17 | 5% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 102 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 96 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 19% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Other | 21 | 21% |
| Unknown | 15 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 42 | 41% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 640. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2023.
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