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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Gerontology

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  • Prospective memory (PM) is crucial for daily functioning, involving remembering to perform intended actions in the future.
  • The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) provides a large-scale dataset to investigate cognitive aging.
  • The Miami Prospective Memory Test (MPMT) is a novel measure assessing event- and time-based prospective memory.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the influence of age, education, and sex on performance on the Miami Prospective Memory Test (MPMT).
  • To analyze MPMT performance in neurologically healthy French- and English-speaking Canadian adults.
  • To establish baseline data for future research and normative development of the MPMT.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 18,511 participants (15,103 English-speaking, 3408 French-speaking) from the CLSA baseline.
  • Participants were aged 45-85 years and screened for conditions affecting cognition.
  • MPMT performance was assessed for intention, accuracy, and need for reminders, stratified by age and education.

Main Results:

  • Significant effects of age were observed on event-based, time-based, and combined MPMT scores for both language groups.
  • Education level significantly impacted all three MPMT scores in the English-speaking sample.
  • The 'Intention to perform' score was most sensitive to age-related changes in both language groups; sex had no significant effect.

Conclusions:

  • Age and education level are significant factors influencing performance on the MPMT.
  • The findings support the utility of the MPMT as a measure of prospective memory in diverse populations.
  • This study provides foundational data for developing normative values for the MPMT in English- and French-speaking Canadians.