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Prospective memory

Prospective memory is a form of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or recall a planned intention at some future point in time. Prospective memory tasks are common in daily life and range from the relatively simple to extreme life-or-death situations. Examples of simple tasks include remembering to put the toothpaste cap back on…

History, Factors affecting prospective memory & History and theoretical perspectives

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History and theoretical perspectives

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Factors affecting prospective memory

Everyday prospective memory

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related to history · 11
Prospective memory → American Psychological Association, Chicago, John, Meacham, Memory Observed, Natural Contexts, Previously, Prospective, Remembering, There, Ulric Neisser
related to Event-based vs. time-based · 10
Prospective memory → Event-based, External, For, It, PM, Research, Sellen, The, There, Time-based
related to Multi-process model · 9
Prospective memory → An, Another, Einstein, Even, Further, McDaniel, Prospective, Therefore, This
related to Prospective memory tasks · 9
Prospective memory → All, Combining, Finally, Firstly, Furthermore, MEG, MRI, PET, Prospective
related to The preparatory attentional and memory (PAM) theory · 9
Prospective memory → According, McDaniel, PAM, Research, Retrospective, Subjects, The, These, This
related to Smartphones · 8
Prospective memory → Android, Electronic, For, Global Positioning System, GPS, Smartphones, The, With
related to Age · 6
Prospective memory → Another, Event-based, Kvavilashvili, Smith, There, These
related to Frontal lobe · 6
Prospective memory → All, As, During, PET, Studies, The
related to Motivational incentives · 6
Prospective memory → If, In, Kliegel, Less, There, Therefore
related to Parietal lobe · 6
Prospective memory → Activation, For, MEG, PET, Studies, The

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memory prospective tasks time participants event-based intention time-based retrospective et al performance remembering hippocampus cues task action cue perform lobe

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Prospective memoryis aform of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or recall a planned intention at some future point in time0.90text
Prospective memoryis amulti-process model proposed by McDaniel and Einstein0.90text
Brodmann's area 10instance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
finding that these patients failed to follow instructionsinstance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
switch attention during prospective memory tasks.Parietal lobeThe parietal lobe is typically involved in processing sensory informationinstance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
is situated in the superior region of the brain.For prospective memoryinstance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
the parietal lobe is important for recognizing cues that trigger an intended actioninstance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
especially when the cues are visual or spatialinstance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
remembering a series of numbersinstance ofStudies using PET have shown that the parietal lobe is activated when participants engage in prospective memory tasks involving visual information0.80text
switch attention during prospective memory tasksinstance ofstudied patients with lesions to areas in the frontal lobe0.80text
the formation or execution of an intentioninstance ofAll tasks can assess individual stages of prospective memory0.80text
or access prospective memory as a whole by looking at overall performance.Event-based prospective memory tasksIn event-based prospective memory tasksinstance ofAll tasks can assess individual stages of prospective memory0.80text

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    Prospective memory

    Nodes74
    Edges73
    Triples173
    Avg. degree1.97
    Density0.027027
    Components1
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