Inner speech, secondary planner in Tower of London task in natural old age

Maryam Atabati,Naghmeh Mokhber,Nader Jahangiri

doi:10.4236/wjns.2012.21008

Abstract

In this study the mechanical version of the three-disk Tower of London task with changes in the movements was conducted by fifteen elderly participants with concurrent articulatory suppression. Also, this executive task was conducted without verbal secondary task and the results of these two states were com- pared with each other. From this comparison, got evidences based on inner speech role in more complicated Tower of London tasks, although in general, the results suggest a more outstanding role of inner scribe in spatial planning in this executive task. Then inner speech and inner scribe roles have been described in Tower of London task applying “Baddeley and Logie” working memory model.

Highlights

We are required to handle information in our working memory for thinking and solving problems
Got evidences based on inner speech role in more complicated Tower of London tasks, in general, the results suggest a more outstanding role of inner scribe in spatial planning in this executive task
In Tower of London task, information should be combined in this manner

Summary

INTRODUCTION

We are required to handle information in our working memory for thinking and solving problems. In Wallace and co-worker’s experiment [7], with a group of typically developing adolescents (12- to 19-year-old), articulatory suppression was resulted in more moves to reach solutions and detrimentally affected TOL performance but in adolescents with autism disorders, articulatory suppression did not significantly diminish performance These findings supported this idea that children with autism who have executive dysfunction, maybe have impaired inner speech too. Phillips and colleagues [8] emphasized on concurrent planning of TOL trials In their views, preplanning might result in verbally rehearsed plans and inner speech did not show positive role in their experiments. Authors believed that easy beginning (two and three moves apparatus) was likely one reason for little planning in normal condition Another component of working memory, visuospatial sketchpad holds visual and spatial information separately [12]. That is possible, inner speech comes up in situations for planning, which is linked to points that we try to respond them in this examination

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