Loads and loads and loads: the influence of prospective load, retrospective load, and ongoing task load in prospective memory.
- Meier B Institute of Psychology and Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory, University of Bern Bern, Switzerland.
- Zimmermann TD Institute of Psychology and Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory, University of Bern Bern, Switzerland.
- 2015-06-18
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- Frontiers in human neuroscience. - 2015
English
In prospective memory tasks different kinds of load can occur. Adding a prospective memory task can impose a load on ongoing task performance. Adding ongoing task load (OTL) can affect prospective memory performance. The existence of multiple target events increases prospective load (PL) and adding complexity to the to-be-remembered action increases retrospective load (RL). In two experiments, we systematically examined the effects of these different types of load on prospective memory performance. Results showed an effect of PL on costs in the ongoing task for categorical targets (Experiment 2), but not for specific targets (Experiment 1). RL and OTL both affected remembering the retrospective component of the prospective memory task. We suggest that PL can enhance costs in the ongoing task due to additional monitoring requirements. RL and OTL seem to impact the division of resources between the ongoing task and retrieval of the retrospective component, which may affect disengagement from the ongoing task. In general, the results demonstrate that the different types of load affect prospective memory differentially.
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- DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00322
- PMID 26082709
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