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| Title: |
Prospective memory and aging: The effects of working memory and prospective memory task load |
| Author: |
Kidder, Daniel P. Park, Denise C. Hertzog, Christopher Morrell, Roger W. |
| Appeared in: |
Aging, neuropsychology, and cognition |
| Paging: | Volume 4 (1997) nr. 2 pages 93-112 |
| Year: |
1997-06-01 |
| Contents: |
A person's level of engagement in other actions may influence whether a prospective action is correctly performed. This study used a computerized prospective memory task in which participants remembered to perform an action when a specified background pattern appeared while they simultaneously performed a verbal working memory task. Amount of engagement in the working memory task was manipulated by increasing the number of words to be recalled. Prospective memory load was manipulated by varying the number of prospective targets. Older adults performed more poorly than younger adults on the prospective memory task under higher working memory load and also higher prospective load. Participants with lower working memory load performed better on the prospective task, regardless of age. There were no significant age differences in the absolute accuracy of performance postdictions (post experiment performance awareness). Age differences were also found with a second prospective memory task in which participants were told to write the day of the week (DOW) on the top of answer sheets for tasks performed later in the experiment. No significant correlations were observed between the two prospective memory tasks for either age group. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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