Relationship between cue word activation and prospective memory performance.
The interaction of cue-word specificity in instructions and cue-word familiarity on prospective performance was examined. Exp. 1 was based on a typical prospective memory paradigm using familiar and unfamiliar cue words. Prospective memory performances under general and specific instruction conditions were compared. In Exp. 2, the relationship found in Exp. 1 was further investigated based on the activation of cue words and prospective memory performance. The experimental results indicated that, when a spontaneous retrieval process was used, unfamiliar cues were more likely to be detected, whereas when only strategic monitoring played a role, familiar cues were more likely to be detected, suggesting that retrieval varied systematically across experimental situations, as predicted by the multiprocess model.
Sugimori
Eriko
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The University of Tokyo, Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. sugimori@beck.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Kusumi
Takashi
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D013997:Time Factors; D014825:Vocabulary