Revisiting the age-prospective memory-paradox: the role of planning and task experience.
The present study aimed at investigating age-related differences in prospective memory performance using a paradigm with high ecological validity and experimental control. Thirty old and 30 young adults completed the Dresden Breakfast task; a meal preparation task in the lab that comprises several s...
| Published in: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 99 - 107 |
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Mar2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=94886324&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 94886324 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2014 vid: 11 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 94886324 10.1007/s10433-013-0284-6 ppf: 99 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 463KB tig: atl: Revisiting the age-prospective memory-paradox: the role of planning and task experience. aug: au: Hering, Alexandra Cortez, Sergio Kliegel, Matthias Altgassen, Mareike affil: Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland Department of Psychology, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden Germany su: Switzerland Aging Analysis of variance Epidemiology Intelligence tests Memory Sex distribution Task performance Confidence intervals Cooking Statistics Data analysis Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Aging Analysis of variance Epidemiology Intelligence tests Memory Sex distribution Task performance Switzerland Confidence intervals Cooking Statistics Data analysis Descriptive statistics keyword: Age-prospective memory-paradox Ageing Experience Meal preparation Planning Age-prospective memory-paradox Ageing Experience Meal preparation Planning ab: The present study aimed at investigating age-related differences in prospective memory performance using a paradigm with high ecological validity and experimental control. Thirty old and 30 young adults completed the Dresden Breakfast task; a meal preparation task in the lab that comprises several subtasks including event- and time-based prospective memory tasks. Participants were required to plan how to perform the task. Results showed that young adults outperformed old adults: they completed more subtasks, showed better event- and time-based prospective memory performance and planning quality. In contrast, old adults adhered to their plans more closely than young adults. Further exploratory gender-specific analyses indicated that old women did not differ from young men in time-based prospective memory performance, general task performance and time monitoring in contrast to old men. Possibly, differences in experience in breakfast preparation might account for these differential findings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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