Relationship between Cue Word Activation and Prospective Memory Performance

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eriko Sugimori ◽  
Takashi Kusumi
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Retrieval Process ◽  
Specific Instruction ◽  
Spontaneous Retrieval ◽  
Strategic Monitoring ◽  
Word Familiarity ◽  
Cue Words ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

The interaction of cue-word specificity in instructions and cue-word familiarity on prospective performance was examined. Exp. 1 was based on a typical prospective memory paradigm using familiar and unfamiliar cue words. Prospective memory performances under general and specific instruction conditions were compared. In Exp. 2, the relationship found in Exp. 1 was further investigated based on the activation of cue words and prospective memory performance. The experimental results indicated that, when a spontaneous retrieval process was used, unfamiliar cues were more likely to be detected, whereas when only strategic monitoring played a role, familiar cues were more likely to be detected, suggesting that retrieval varied systematically across experimental situations, as predicted by the multiprocess model.

Effects of interruptions on prospective memory performance in anesthesiology

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Grundgeiger ◽  
D. Liu ◽  
P. M. Sanderson ◽  
S. Jenkins ◽  
T. Leane
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

Cue Competition in Prospective Memory

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1024
Author(s):  
Amy M. Richards ◽  
E. Evan Krauter
Keyword(s):  
Associative Learning ◽  
Test Trial ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cue Competition ◽  
Prior Training ◽  
Blocking Group ◽  
Cue Words ◽  
The Relationship

Prospective memory refers to remembering to perform a previously planned activity. Two experiments were conducted to see if effects of cue competition similar to blocking and overshadowing occur in prospective memory. Participants were led to believe that the experiments were about the relationship between memory and creativity. To test prospective memory, participants were instructed to mark cue words that would appear later in a task requiring the generation of sentences. In Exp. 1 ( N = 119) one group was told to place an “x” over the cue word “rake”; a second was told to mark two words of equal salience (“method” and “rake”); and a third group was told to mark two cue words of unequal salience (the highly salient word “monad” and “rake”). “Rake” was the only cue word that actually appeared in the task involving generation of sentences. Participants instructed to place an “x” over one cue marked the target cue “rake” more frequently than if told to mark two cues (an overshadowing-like effect). The frequency of marking “rake” was lowest on the first test trial if participants had been instructed to mark both “rake” and “monad.” In Exp. 2 (N = 43) a blocking group was trained to mark one cue word (“rake”) and a control group received no training. Two days later, all participants were instructed to mark two cues (“rake” and “method”) during a task involving the generation of sentences. Prior training interfered with performance to a new cue (“method”) given in combination with the pretrained cue (“rake,” a blocking-like effect). These experiments demonstrate the existence of cue competition in prospective memory and suggest the possibility of applying theories of elementary associative learning to the study of prospective memory.

Future thinking improves prospective memory performance and plan enactment in older adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Altgassen ◽  
Peter G. Rendell ◽  
Anka Bernhard ◽  
Julie D. Henry ◽  
Phoebe E. Bailey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

scholarly journals Checking Behaviours, Prospective Memory and Executive Functions

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Elise Palmer ◽  
Kevin Durkin ◽  
Sinéad M. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
State University ◽  
Washington State University ◽  
Symptom Profile ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Memory Questionnaire

Explanations implicating memory in the causes and severity of checking symptoms have focused primarily on retrospective memory, and relatively little attention has been paid to prospective memory. Limited research has examined the relationship between prospective memory and executive functions. We assessed whether impairments in prospective memory and executive function predict checking symptoms in a sample of 106 adults. Checking symptoms were assessed using the Padua Inventory Washington State University Revision (PI-WSUR). All participants completed the prospective memory questionnaire (PMQ) and four computerised executive function tasks from the CANTAB, measuring inhibition, planning, attention set-shifting and working memory. Prospective memory and inhibition predicted checking symptom severity. Importantly, there were no correlations between internally cued prospective memory and inhibition or between prospective memory aiding strategies and inhibition. These variables appear to have an independent role in checking. The current findings highlight prospective memory and inhibition as key contributors to the checking symptom profile and provide the first evidence that these cognitive processes may independently contribute to checking symptoms. These findings have implications for a model in which memory performance is thought to be secondary to impairments in executive functions.

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