Age-related differences in the goals and concerns that motivate real-life prospective memory tasks.

ABSTRACT: Prospective memory tasks are tasks that one must remember to perform in the future, such as keeping a dentist appointment or locking the door when leaving home. There has been little research to date on the question of what motivates real-life prospective memory tasks, and this is true both generally and within the subfield of aging and prospective memory. In the current study, we investigated whether the prospective memory tasks of younger and older adults were motivated by different personal goals and concerns, a question that has not been addressed in past research. Participants completed a questionnaire on current prospective memory tasks and the higher level goals and concerns that motivated these tasks. In general, younger and older adults reported prospective memory tasks motivated

SUBMITTER: Penningroth SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546235 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature