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A Real-world What-Where-When Memory Test
Published on: May 16, 2017
Using Virtual Week to assess prospective memory in younger and older adults
Giovanna Mioni1, Franca Stablum, Peter G Rendell
1Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy. giovanna.mioni@unipd.it
Abstract:
Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to perform future intention. Older adults often present dysfunctions in PM tasks and investigating the nature of their difficulties have critical implication for their independent living. Virtual Week is a computer based program that simulate real week activities. Participants also performed executive functions tasks to investigate which abilities are involved in PM. Virtual Week has shown to be suitable instrument to evaluate PM performance with important implications on assessment and rehabilitation of PM dysfunctions.
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