Prospective Memory Performance in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: A Study of Implementation Intentions

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mioni ◽  
Peter G. Rendell ◽  
Gill Terrett ◽  
Franca Stablum
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Implementation Intentions ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Is Implementation ◽  
Intention Formation ◽  
Formation Phase ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

AbstractTraumatic brain injury (TBI) patients often present with prospective memory (PM) dysfunction. Forgetting to complete tasks may result in a loss of independence, limited employment prospects and anxiety, therefore, it is important to develop programs to improve PM performance in TBI patients. A strategy which may improve PM performance is implementation intentions. It involves making explicit plans specifying when, where and how one will perform a task in the future. In the present study, a group of 36 TBI patients and a group of 34 controls performed Virtual Week using either implementation intentions or no strategy. The results showed that the PM performance of TBI patients was less accurate than controls, in particular when the PM cue was time-based. No effect of implementation intentions was observed for TBI patients, however, controls improved their PM performance when the task was time-based. The findings suggest that strategies to improve PM in this clinical group are likely to be more complex than those that benefit healthy adults and may involve targeting phases of the PM process other than, or in addition to, the intention formation phase. (JINS, 2015,21, 305–313)

scholarly journals Incentive effects on event-based prospective memory performance in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury.

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. McCauley ◽  
Mark A. McDaniel ◽  
Claudia Pedroza ◽  
Sandra B. Chapman ◽  
Harvey S. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Incentive Effects ◽  
Event Based ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

Improving prospective memory performance with future event simulation in traumatic brain injury patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mioni ◽  
Erica Bertucci ◽  
Antonella Rosato ◽  
Gill Terrett ◽  
Peter G. Rendell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Future Event ◽  
Event Simulation ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

scholarly journals B-53 Inefficient Clock-Checking is Associated with Reduced Prospective Memory Performance in Veterans with Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 999-999
Author(s):  
S Sorg ◽  
M Walsh ◽  
M Werhane ◽  
K Holiday ◽  
A Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Effort Testing ◽  
Checking Behavior

Abstract Objective We investigated whether clock-checking frequency during a prospective memory (PM) task differed between Veterans with reported histories of blast-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and Veteran Controls (VCs) without a history mTBI. We hypothesized that, compared to controls, the mTBI group would less frequently clock check. Additionally, we expected that reduced clock-checking would contribute to poorer time-based PM performance in the mTBI group. Method Twenty-seven Veterans (9 mTBI and 18 VC) with sufficient effort testing completed a structured TBI history interview, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL) and the Memory for Intentions Test (MIST) as a PM task. During MIST administration, examiners recorded clock-checking behavior each time a participant physically turned a digital clock to observe the current time. Results Compared to VCs, the mTBI group performed worse on the Time subscale of the MIST [Mean (SD) VC = 6.7 (1.1), mTBI = 5.7 (1.1), p < .05], and demonstrated significantly fewer clock-checks over the duration of the test [VC = 14.2(4.7), mTBI = 10.2 (3.4), p < .05]. Clock-checking significantly correlated with MIST Time subscale performance (r = .38, p < .05). Groups did not significantly differ in PCL scores, and PCL scores did not significantly correlate with clock-checking counts. Conclusion Our preliminary results are the first to show that clock-checking behavior may contribute to reduced performance on time-based PM tasks in Veterans with histories of mTBI. Specifically, our findings demonstrate that participants with mTBI employ an inefficient time monitoring strategy wherein infrequent clock checking contributes to poorer test performance. These findings suggest that strategies to improve clock checking may improve PM performance.

Patterns of Prospective Memory Impairment Among Individuals with Depression: The Influence of Cue Type and Delay Interval

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqi Ryan Li ◽  
Michael Weinborn ◽  
Shayne Loft ◽  
Murray Maybery
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Delay Interval ◽  
Implementation Intentions ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Impaired Performance ◽  
Depressed Group ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

AbstractThe present study investigated the impact of cue type and delay interval on prospective memory performance in depressed, compared to non-depressed, individuals using a clinically relevant measure, the Memory for Intentions Screening Test. The depressed group demonstrated impaired performance on time-based, but not event-based, prospective memory tasks relative to the nondepressed group. The depressed group also demonstrated impaired prospective memory on tasks with longer delay intervals (15 min), but not on tasks with shorter delay intervals (2 min). These data support theoretical frameworks that posit that depression is associated with deficits in cognitive initiative (i.e., reduced ability to voluntarily direct attention to relevant tasks) and thus that depressed individuals are susceptible to poor performance on strategically demanding tasks. The results also raise multiple avenues for developing interventions (e.g., implementation intentions) to improve prospective memory performance among individuals with depression, with potential implications for medication and other treatment adherence. (JINS, 2013, 19, 1–5)

Does Delay Affect Prospective Memory Performance?

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Nigro ◽  
Pier Carla Cicogna
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Experimental Session ◽  
Prospective Memory Task ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Prospective Remembering ◽  
Intention Formation ◽  
Event Based ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which the retention interval between intention formation and the execution of the action affects the occurrence of remembering and its accuracy. 126 subjects (48 men and 78 women) between 18 and 24 years participated in a two-phase experiment. An event-based prospective memory task was assigned at the end of the first experimental session, which required reporting a message to the second experimenter at the beginning of the second experimental session. The length of the interval of time between the formation of the intention and its execution varied (10 minutes, 2 days, 2 weeks). Participants were randomly assigned to the three conditions (42 each). A post-experimental interview was carried out in order to find out the strategies that subjects employed to retrieve the message and the importance they attributed to the task. Results indicate that the delay affected neither the occurrence of remembering nor its accuracy, and that the importance attributed to the planned action improved the likelihood of prospective remembering. Furthermore, results seem to indicate that external reminders do not improve prospective memory. Further implications of the finding were discussed.

Effects of Implementation Intentions on Prospective Memory Performance

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina S. Kardiasmenos ◽  
Deborah M. Clawson ◽  
Jeffrey A. Wilken ◽  
Mitchell T. Wallin
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Implementation Intentions ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

Traumatic Brain Injury and Prospective Memory in a Virtual Shopping Trip Task: Does It Matter Who Generates the Prospective Memory Target?

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glynda J. Kinsella ◽  
Ben Ong ◽  
Jodie Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Generation Effect ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Retrospective Memory ◽  
Impact Performance ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Virtual Shopping

AbstractThe current study aimed to investigate prospective memory in traumatic brain injury by using a laboratory-based but naturalistic style assessment task. The objective was to determine if performance differed when the prospective memory targets were self-generated or experimenter-generated (a generation effect). Sixteen people who had sustained a traumatic brain injury and had received rehabilitation were compared to 16 healthy age-matched control participants on a naturalistic virtual measure of shopping and prospective memory. Results demonstrated that the traumatic brain group was less accurate in overall prospective remembering performance than the control group but there was a lack of difference between the self- and experimenter-generated prospective memory targets for both participant groups. Both retrospective memory and executive attention of working memory were associated with prospective memory performance in the naturalistic task. The findings of the study suggest that the generation effect commonly observed in retrospective memory performance may not impact performance in prospective memory.

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