title: Mood impairs time-based prospective memory in young but not older adults: the mediating role of attentional control.
abstract: The present study examined age-by-mood interactions in prospective memory and the potential role of attentional control. Positive, negative, or neutral mood was induced in young and older adults. Subsequent time-based prospective memory performance was tested, incorporating a measure of online attentional control shifts between the ongoing and the prospective memory task via time monitoring behavior. Mood impaired prospective memory in the young, but not older, adults. Moderated mediation analyses showed that mood effects in the young were mediated by changes in time monitoring. Results are discussed in relation to findings from the broader cognitive emotional aging literature.
authors: Department of Psychology, Université de Genève.
authors: Katharina M
authors: KM
authors: Schnitzspahn
authors: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool.
authors: Craig
authors: C
authors: Thorley
authors: School of Psychology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen.
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Phillips
authors: Department of Psychology, Université de Genève.
authors: Babett
authors: B
authors: Voigt
authors: Department of Computing, Edge Hill University.
authors: Emma
authors: E
authors: Threadgold
authors: Department of Computing, Edge Hill University.
authors: Emily R
authors: ER
authors: Hammond
authors: Department of Computing, Edge Hill University.
authors: Besim
authors: B
authors: Mustafa
authors: Department of Psychology, Université de Genève.
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Kliegel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult