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Blondelle G, Sugden N, Hainselin M. Prospective memory assessment: Scientific advances and future directions. Front Psychol 2022; 13:958458. [PMID: 35967621 PMCID: PMC9366850 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.958458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Prospective Memory (PM), the ability to remember to realize intended actions in the future, is crucial for maintaining autonomy. Decades of research has focused on a so-called age PM paradox, where older adults outperformed younger adults on some PM tasks, but not others. Contributing to this paradox is heterogeneity in and a lack of valid assessment methods. Previous research showed a lack of convergent validity between performance-based PM and both self-report and informant-report measures. We argue that questionnaires may be relevant to obtain information regarding patients’ awareness of their PM difficulties but need to be used in conjunction with performance-based tools. Within performance-based PM tools there are also difficulties in measurement: 15–60 min experimental tasks and batteries have a good reliability but cannot usually fit in a standard clinical evaluation, while shorter PM measures have lower reliability and sensitivity. In this perspective paper, we encourage researchers to develop more ecologically valid tools. Innovative PM paradigms that allow participants to generate their own intentions and that take task costs into consideration should be developed. Future research will also need to focus on cognitive factors, personality and online evaluation, to improve PM assessment and develop ad-hoc rehabilitation programs.
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- Geoffrey Blondelle
- CRP-CPO, UR UPJV 72723, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
- INSPE de l'Académie d'Amiens, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- School of Psychology, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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- CRP-CPO, UR UPJV 72723, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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Feasibility of a Home-Based Task-Switching Training in Middle-Aged Caregivers. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT 2022; 6:295-315. [PMID: 35966367 PMCID: PMC9360113 DOI: 10.1007/s41465-021-00237-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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AbstractThe current study aimed at investigating feasibility of a self-administered task-switching training in a middle-aged working population. Eighty-one caregivers (41–62 years old) were instructed to train at home 8 times either within a 7- or 14-day interval. Only 56.7% performed more than 50% of the instructed number of training sessions. However, compliant caregivers (who completed more than 4 training sessions) showed significant training gains and transfer to an untrained task-switching task. Although transfer effects to other cognitive tasks were not found, trained participants tended to report fewer everyday memory failures than a control group. In conclusion, the implementation of a home-based task-switching training in everyday life of caregivers is possible. However, there is only limited evidence for generalization of results of previous laboratory studies. Adherence and transfer to other cognitive tasks are discussed as important challenges in conveying laboratory findings into real life.
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Kourtesis P, MacPherson SE. An ecologically valid examination of event-based and time-based prospective memory using immersive virtual reality: The influence of attention, memory, and executive function processes on real-world prospective memory. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2021; 33:255-280. [PMID: 34856886 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.2008983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Studies on prospective memory (PM) predominantly assess either event- or time-based PM by implementing non-ecological laboratory-based tasks. The results deriving from these paradigms have provided findings that are discrepant with ecologically valid research paradigms that converge on the complexity and cognitive demands of everyday tasks. The Virtual Reality Everyday Assessment Lab (VR-EAL), an immersive virtual reality (VR) neuropsychological battery with enhanced ecological validity, was implemented to assess everyday event- and time-based PM, as well as the influence of other cognitive functions on everyday PM functioning. The results demonstrated the role of delayed recognition, planning, and visuospatial attention on everyday PM. Delayed recognition and planning ability were found to be central in event- and time-based PM respectively. In order of importance, delayed recognition, visuospatial attention speed, and planning ability were found to be involved in event-based PM functioning. Comparably, planning, visuospatial attention accuracy, delayed recognition, and multitasking/task-shifting ability were found to be involved in time-based PM functioning. These findings further suggest the importance of ecological validity in the study of PM, which may be achieved using immersive VR paradigms.
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- Panagiotis Kourtesis
- Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Lab of Experimental Psychology, Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Naples, Italy.,Interdepartmental Centre for Planning and Research "Scienza Nuova", Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Naples, Italy.,National Research Institute of Computer Science and Automation, INRIA, Rennes, France.,Univ Rennes, Rennes, France.,Research Institute of Computer Science and Random Systems, IRISA, Rennes, France.,French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS, Rennes, France
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- Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Zuber S, Mahy CE, Kliegel M. How executive functions are associated with event-based and time-based prospective memory during childhood. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Simard M, Rouleau I, Kadlec H, Taler V, Tuokko H, Voll S, O’Connell ME, Griffith LE, Wolfson C, Kirkland S, Raina P. Miami Prospective Memory Test in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Clin Neuropsychol 2018; 33:137-165. [DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2018.1435824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Martine Simard
- School of Psychology, Centre de recherche CERVO de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Laval University, Québec City, Canada
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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