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Background:

  • Time-based prospective memory (TBPM) is crucial for daily functioning and quality of life.
  • Repeated behavioral training often enhances social cognitive performance.
  • The impact of training on TBPM and associated attention consumption is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if repeated behavioral training improves TBPM performance.
  • To examine whether training reduces internal and external attention demands during TBPM tasks.

Main Methods:

  • A between-subject design with 73 undergraduates in three groups: control, baseline, and experimental.
  • The experimental group underwent 30 practice sessions for a TBPM task (pressing a button every minute) alongside an ongoing working memory task.
  • Control and baseline groups performed tasks without this specific training.

Main Results:

  • Ongoing task performance decreased sequentially across baseline, experimental, and control groups.
  • The experimental group exhibited less time monitoring compared to the control group.
  • Behavioral training reduced both internal and external attention consumption.

Conclusions:

  • Behavioral training can enhance time-based prospective memory performance.
  • Training effectively reduces attentional load associated with TBPM tasks.
  • While training improves efficiency, it does not achieve fully automatic processing levels.