Age and individual differences in prospective memory during a "Virtual Week" : The roles of working memory, vigilance, task regularity and cue focality
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Rose, Nathan S., Rendell, Peter G., McDaniel, Mark A., Aberle, Ingo and Kliegel, Matthias. (2010). Age and individual differences in prospective memory during a "Virtual Week" : The roles of working memory, vigilance, task regularity and cue focality. Psychology and Aging. 25(2), pp. 595-605. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019771
Authors | Rose, Nathan S., Rendell, Peter G., McDaniel, Mark A., Aberle, Ingo and Kliegel, Matthias |
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Abstract | Young (ages 18–22 years) and older (ages 61–87 years) adults (N = 106) played the Virtual Week board game, which involves simulating common prospective memory (PM) tasks of everyday life (e.g., taking medication), and performed working memory (WM) and vigilance tasks. The Virtual Week game includes regular (repeated) and irregular (nonrepeated) PM tasks with cues that are either more or less focal to other ongoing activities. Age differences in PM were reduced for repeated tasks, and performance improved over the course of the week, suggesting retrieval was more spontaneous or habitual. Correlations with WM within each age group were reduced for PM tasks that had more regular or focal cues. WM (but not vigilance) ability was a strong predictor of irregular PM tasks with less focal cues. Taken together, these results support the hypothesis that habitual and focally cued PM tasks are less demanding of attentional resources (specifically, WM), whereas tasks that are more demanding of controlled attentional processes produce larger age differences, which may be attributable to individual differences in WM. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
Keywords | prospective memory; working memory; vigilance; age; Virtual Week |
Year | 2010 |
Journal | Psychology and Aging |
Journal citation | 25 (2), pp. 595-605 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association |
ISSN | 0882-7974 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019771 |
PubMed ID | 20853967 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-77957259394 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC3065819 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 595-605 |
Funder | National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health |
Australian Research Council (ARC) | |
Author's accepted manuscript | License All rights reserved File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 2010 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | AG 00030 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v62v/age-and-individual-differences-in-prospective-memory-during-a-virtual-week-the-roles-of-working-memory-vigilance-task-regularity-and-cue-focality
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