The role of time-monitoring behaviour in time-based prospective memory performance in younger and older adults
| Autor: | Franca Stablum, Skye N. McLennan, Giovanna Mioni, Simon Grondin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Aging prospective memory Memory Episodic 050105 experimental psychology Task (project management) Time-Based Prospective Memory Executive Function Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Age groups Prospective memory Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences time-based General Psychology Aged 05 social sciences Time perception executive functions Executive functions Younger adults Mental Recall Time Perception Female time perception Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Memory. 28:34-48 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0686 0965-8211 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09658211.2019.1675711 |
| Popis: | Time-based prospective memory (TB-PM) is the ability to remember to perform an action at a specific moment in the future. Accurate TB-PM performance requires several cognitive processes that are known to decline in normal ageing. This study aimed to examine associations between TB-PM performance and executive functions and time perception in younger and older adults. TB-PM was assessed with the Virtual Week paradigm. Using a within-subjects experimental manipulation, participants performed TB-PM tasks both when a clock was in constant view and when it was hidden behind a button. Results showed that younger adults performed significantly better than older adults on all TB-PM task types, and checked the clock more often, and more strategically. Clock availability improved TB-PM performance in all participants. Correlational analyses showed that TB-PM accuracy was positively related to clock-checking frequency but unrelated to time perception. Relationships between executive functions and TB-PM differed across age groups as well as TB-PM task types. The findings suggest that different cognitive processes are required for different types of TB-PM tasks and in different ages. These results highlight the importance of considering TB-PM task parameters when investigating the role of cognitive processes in PM performance and their contribution to age-related PM decline. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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