title: The multinomial model of prospective memory: validity of ongoing-task parameters.
abstract: The objective of this research was to provide additional experimental validation of the multinomial processing tree (MPT) model of event-based prospective memory (Smith & Bayen, 2004). In particular, the parameters that measure trial-type detection in the ongoing task were examined. In three experiments with different response instructions, event-based prospective memory tasks were embedded in ongoing color-matching tasks. The results support the validity of the MPT model, that is, manipulations of ongoing-task difficulty affected the ongoing-task parameters of the MPT model, while leaving the estimates for the prospective and the retrospective components of prospective memory unaffected.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle Psychologie, Abteilung Mathematische und Kognitive Psychologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. s.horn@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Sebastian S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: Ute J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Bayen
authors.forename: Rebekah E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C Dennis
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Boywitt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult