The majority of studies that have investigated the effects of healthy aging on cognition have
focused on age-related differences in voluntary and deliberately engaged cognitive …

According to the multiprocess framework, the cognitive system can support prospective
memory (PM) retrieval through two general pathways. One pathway depends on top–down …

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In prospective memory (PM) research, a common finding is that people are slower to perform
an ongoing task with concurrent PM demands than to perform the same task alone. This …

Why do we sometimes easily retrieve memories, but other times appear to forget them? We
often look to our external environment for retrieval cues, but another way to optimize memory …

Despite concern about cognitive decline in old age, few studies document the types and
frequency of memory errors older adults make in everyday life. In the present study, 105 …

Remembering to execute pre-defined intentions at the appropriate time in the future is
typically referred to as Prospective Memory (PM). Studies of PM showed that distinct …

We examined whether normal aging spares or compromises cue-driven spontaneous
retrieval processes that support prospective remembering. In Experiment 1, young and older …

The capability to remember and execute intentions in the future–termed prospective memory
(PM)–may be of special significance for older adults to enable successful completion of …

The present study is the first designed to investigate behavioral and event-related potential
(ERP) correlates of the processes involved in focal and nonfocal prospective memory (PM) …