title: Is detecting prospective cues the same as selecting targets? An ERP study.
abstract: Prospective memory represents our ability to realize intentions that must be delayed for some period of time. In this study, we examined modulations of the event-related brain potentials (ERPs) associated with target selection in visual working memory and prospective-cue detection in prospective memory. Targets and prospective cues elicited an N2pc, indicating that a common neural mechanism supports selection in working memory and prospective memory. Partial least squares analysis revealed that the N300 and prospective positivity were associated with a latent variable that contrasted the ERPs elicited by prospective-cue trials with those elicited by target-present and target-absent trials, in agreement with the idea that these modulations of the ERPs are uniquely related to prospective memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA. west.19@nd.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wymbs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology