title: The effects of working memory resource availability on prospective memory: a formal modeling approach.
abstract: The PAM theory of event-based prospective memory (Smith, 2003; Smith & Bayen, 2004a) proposes that successful prospective memory performance demands upon the interaction of preparatory attentional processes and retrospective memory processes. The two experiments in the current study represent the first application of a formal model to investigate the sensitivity of these underlying processes to variations in working memory resource availability. Multinomial modeling of data from prospective-memory tasks showed that working memory span influenced preparatory attentional processes and retrospective-memory processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. rebekah@unc.edu
authors.forename: Rebekah E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Ute J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Bayen
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012189:Retrospective Studies