Are Older Adults More Social Than Younger Adults? Social Importance Increases Older Adults' Prospective Memory Performance

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Altgassen ◽  
Matthias Kliegel ◽  
Maria Brandimonte ◽  
Pina Filippello
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Social Importance ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

Future thinking improves prospective memory performance and plan enactment in older adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Altgassen ◽  
Peter G. Rendell ◽  
Anka Bernhard ◽  
Julie D. Henry ◽  
Phoebe E. Bailey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

scholarly journals Prospective Memory Complaints Can Be Predicted by Prospective Memory Performance in Older Adults

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Zeintl ◽  
Matthias Kliegel ◽  
Philippe Rast ◽  
Daniel Zimprich
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Complaints ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

scholarly journals Metamemory for Prospective Memory Performance in Younger and Older Adults: Does the Reference Point Affect our Judgments?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Scarampi ◽  
Matthias Kliegel
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Experimental Session ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Event Based ◽  
Order Of Presentation

The present study investigated age differences in the ability to predict prospective memory (PM) performance. A sample of younger (N = 88) and older (N = 88) participants completed an event-based PM task embedded in an ongoing task. Metamemory was measured by asking participants to predict their performance before completing the PM task and complete some questionnaires on self-perceptions of everyday memory ability. We manipulated A) the reference point used to evaluate performance and B) the order of presentation of the instruments. One group of participants predicted their upcoming performance with a general confidence rating (performance condition) whereas a different group predicted their performance in comparison to other people of their age (peers condition). The metamemory questionnaires were completed either at the beginning of the experimental session or after the PM task, in a counterbalanced order. In terms of performance, we did not observe age differences in PM. In terms of metamemory, younger and older participants were similarly underconfident in the performance condition and overconfident in the peers condition. Moreover, older adults reported significantly better PM abilities than younger adults, and participants generally reported more memory failures when the metamemory questionnaires were administered after the PM task and in the performance condition. These findings show that both younger and older adults have limited metacognitive insights, and point to reactive effects of metamemory to metacognitive reference point and order of administration of the instruments.

How task demands influence time-based prospective memory performance in young and older adults

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Martin ◽  
Ruth Schumann-Hengsteler
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Age Effects ◽  
Processing Demands ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance

Prospective memory performance as a measure of everyday cognitive functioning is of increasing importance for developmental research. However, comparisons of studies on prospective memory development in adults reveal essential differences. Although some studies report no age effects, others find age effects of widely varying magnitudes. We suggest that differences in these findings on prospective memory performance can be explained by an age by task interaction (i.e., large amounts of cognitive load imposed by time-based prospective memory tasks disproportionally penalise older adults who possess fewer cognitive resources). We explored our hypothesis in a study with 90 young adults (M = 24.0 years) and 75 older adults (M = 69.0 years) by manipulating the overall cognitive processing demands of the prospective task situation. We varied the cognitive load of the background task while holding constant the time-based prospective memory task. Results indicate that the effects of increased overall processing demands strongly influence older adults’ performance. Results are discussed within the framework of capacity explanations of cognitive ageing that focus on the role of working memory resources in monitoring processes.

The role of time-monitoring behaviour in time-based prospective memory performance in younger and older adults

Memory ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-48
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mioni ◽  
Simon Grondin ◽  
Skye N. McLennan ◽  
Franca Stablum
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Prospective Memory Performance
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