The Interaction Between Long-Term Memory and Postural Control: Different Effects of Episodic and Semantic Tasks

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Maëlle TixierUniversité Grenoble Alpes

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Corinne CianUniversité Grenoble Alpes
Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées

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Pierre-Alain BarraudUniversité Grenoble Alpes

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Rafael LaboissiereUniversité Grenoble Alpes

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Stéphane RoussetUniversité Grenoble Alpes

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2020-0061
Keywords:
dual tasking; spatial processing; episodic memory; semantic memory
First Published Online:
09 Jan 2021
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Volume 25: Issue 2
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182–197
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The aim of this experiment was to investigate the postural response to specific types of long-term memory (episodic vs. semantic) in young adults performing an unperturbed upright stance. Although a similar level of steadiness (mean distance) was observed, dual tasking induced a higher velocity, more energy in the higher frequency range (power spectral density), and less regularity (sample entropy) compared with a simple postural task. Moreover, mean velocity was always greater in the semantic than in the episodic task. The differences in postural control during dual tasking may result from the types of processes involved in the memory task. Findings suggest a spatial process sharing between posture and episodic memory.

Tixier, Cian, Laboissiere, and Rousset are with the Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, Grenoble, France. Cian is with the Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France. Barraud is with the Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France.

Rousset (stephane.rousset@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) is corresponding author.
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