Is time-based prospective remembering mediated by self-initiated rehearsals? Role of incidental cues, ongoing activity, age, and motivation.
The present research examined self-reported rehearsal processes in naturalistic time-based prospective memory tasks (Study 1 and 2) and compared them with the processes in event-based tasks (Study 3). Participants had to remember to phone the experimenter either at a prearranged time (a time-based task) or after receiving a certain text message (an event-based task) and record the details of occasions when they thought about this intention during a 7-day delay interval. The rehearsal and retrieval of time-based tasks was mediated by more automatic than deliberate self-initiated processes. Moreover, the number of reported rehearsals without any apparent triggers was reliably higher in time- than in event-based tasks. Additional findings concern the effects of age, motivation, and ongoing activities on rehearsal and prospective memory performance.
Kvavilashvili
Lia
L
University of Hertfordshire,, Hatfield, HRT, United Kingdom. L.Kvavilashvili@herts.ac.uk
Fisher
Laura
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001332:Automatism; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010507:Periodicity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors