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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Prospective memory tasks, when embedded in ongoing activities, can lead to performance interference.
  • Task interference is often explained by the need to adopt a retrieval mode and actively check for targets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the cognitive processes underlying prospective memory task interference.
  • To provide evidence for the retrieval mode and target-checking explanations of task interference.

Main Methods:

  • An experiment was conducted embedding a prospective memory task within an ongoing short-term memory and reaction time (RT) task.
  • Control trials involved only the ongoing activity, while experimental trials included the prospective memory task.

Main Results:

  • Slower RT performance on control trials after prospective memory task instruction indicated adoption of a retrieval mode.
  • Slower RT performance on experimental trials when targets could appear in multiple locations suggested active target checking.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the dual-process theory of prospective memory, highlighting the roles of retrieval mode and target checking.
  • Interference in embedded prospective memory tasks is attributable to the cognitive load of maintaining readiness and monitoring the environment.