Preliminary remarks on type of task and delay in children's prospective memory.

Full Abstract

This study investigated the extent to which the type of task influences children's prospective memory performance. 80 subjects, aged 7 to 11 yr. participated in an experiment in which the type of task (time-based vs event-based) and the retention interval (5 min. vs 10 min.) varied. The prospective memory task was embedded in a principal task lasting about 15 min. and required subjects perform an action at a given time or in response to a specific cue. Analysis indicated that the delay was associated with prospective memory performance only on a time-based task in which the intention has to be performed after 10 min. but not age. Analysis indicated also that time monitoring was associated with shorter latency between the target time and the execution of the intention on the time-based task. Implications were discussed.

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Author information

Author/s: Nigro, Giovanna (G); Senese, Vincenzo Paolo (VP); Natullo, Ornella (O); Sergi, Ida (I);

Affiliation: Dipartimento did Psicologia, Second University of Naples, Italia.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Perceptual and motor skills (Percept Mot Skills), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 95 (issue 2) : pp 515-9

Dates: Created 2002/11/18; Completed 2003/03/27; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12434844, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Attention
Child
Cues
Female
Humans
Male

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