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Illinois State University

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2015

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Comparing Time And Event Based Prospective Memory: Effects Of Delay, Angela Conte Feb 2015

Comparing Time And Event Based Prospective Memory: Effects Of Delay, Angela Conte

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Prospective memory (PM) is the act of remembering to perform a future intention (Einstein & McDaniel, 2005). Time-based PM is remembering to retrieve that future intention at or after a specific time has elapsed. Event-based PM is remembering to retrieve the future intention when a specific cue or event is encountered (Sellen et al., 1997). The current project was designed to compare time- and event-based PM performance within a laboratory context. Previous research suggests that time-based tasks are more difficult to carry out because a decrease in performance (or PM cost) is often found compared with event-based tasks (e.g., Sellen …