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Logie, Robert H. and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2009) An internet study of prospective memory across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, Vol.24 (No.3). pp. 767-774. doi:10.1037/a0015479 ISSN 0882-7974.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0015479
Abstract
In an Internet study, 73,018 18-79-year-olds were asked to “remember to click the smiley face when it appears”. A smiley face was present/absent at encoding, and participants were told to expect it “at the end of the test”/“later in the test.” In all 4 conditions, it occurred after 20 min of retrospective memory tests. Prospective remembering benefited at all ages from both prior target exposure and temporal uncertainty; moreover, it resembled working memory in its linear decline from young adulthood. The study demonstrates the power of Internet methodology to reveal age-related deficits in a single-trial prospective memory task outside the laboratory.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prospective memory, Memory -- Age factors, Internet in experimental psychology, Psychological apparatus, Ability, Influence of age on | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychology and Aging | ||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
ISSN: | 0882-7974 | ||||
Official Date: | September 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.24 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 767-774 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1037/a0015479 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 29th International Congress of Psychology | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Berlin, Germany | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | Jul, 2008 |
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