Looking for cues over time: A study on self-initiated monitoring in event-based and time-based prospective memory

Article Article scientifique Article Looking for cues over time: A study on self-initiated monitoring in event-based and time-based prospective memory eng 2025-03-13 author Laera Gianvito 0000-0002-0589-7334 Cognitive Aging Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 22 Chemin de Pinchat, 1227, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland. Gianvito.Laera@unige.ch.,Geneva Musical Minds lab (GEMMI lab), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland HES-so, Geneva School of Health Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland. Gianvito.Laera@unige.ch.,Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Gianvito.Laera@unige.ch.,LIVES, Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Gianvito.Laera@unige.ch. 914377 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Del Missier F Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. author Laloli Silvio Cognitive Aging Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 22 Chemin de Pinchat, 1227, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland. 946810 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Zuber Sascha 0000-0001-9464-7048 Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,LIVES, Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 690540 Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGE) author Kliegel Matthias Cognitive Aging Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 22 Chemin de Pinchat, 1227, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland.,Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,LIVES, Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 761733 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Hering Alexandra Cognitive Aging Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 22 Chemin de Pinchat, 1227, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland.,Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg School for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. 777397 Section de psychologie (PSICO) 10.3758/s13421-025-01700-5 40080255 0090-502X https://link.springer.com/10.3758/s13421-025-01700-5 Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to remember to perform an intended action in the future. In everyday life, people often have contextual information (e.g., the presence of cues) to support the completion of their PM tasks. The present study aimed to investigate how context (as probability of PM cue occurrence over time) and predictability affect PM. In two experiments, participants performed a laboratory PM task having the possibility to check the probability of the next PM cue occurrence whenever they wished; PM cue probability was manipulated to be temporally informative (predictable) or uninformative (unpredictable) on the actual PM cue occurrence. Both experiments showed that PM accuracy and cost on ongoing task performance increased with the presence of contextual information. Experiment 2 showed that this effect was independent of cue focality for PM accuracy but not for PM cost, for which the effect of context was particularly strong for non-focal compared to focal cues. Participants monitored the PM cue with uniform frequency over time, regardless of the context's predictability, and checked the probability of PM cue occurrence more often when the cue was non-focal compared to focal. This study showed the importance of contextual information in PM, highlighting the capacity of people to adapt the allocation of attentional resources systematically over time to optimize strategic monitoring and, in turn, PM performance. Context Cue focality Delayed intentions Monitoring Predictability Dewey 150 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 633 Cognitive Aging Lab (CAL) Memory & cognition 58c3caae-9690-4f80-bc6b-28c583aa9b7f Article (Published version) Public Article_scientifique_from_crossref.pdf 1268942 application/pdf 548e565d472876e3090208ff7f7c2fefe0ce39994429d7052edf65891518a934 openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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