Prospective memory relates to attentional control: Differential patterns in old age

Andreas Ihle; Matthias Kliegel; Nicola Ballhausen; Chloe Da Silva Coelho; Maximilian Haas; Alexandra Hering; Morgane Kunzi; Gianvito Laera; Greta Mikneviciute; Doriana Tinello; Sascha Zuber

doi:10.1159/000502639

Prospective memory relates to attentional control: Differential patterns in old age

Andreas Ihle^*, Matthias Kliegel, Nicola Ballhausen, Chloe Da Silva Coelho, Maximilian Haas, Alexandra Hering, Morgane Kunzi, Gianvito Laera, Greta Mikneviciute, Doriana Tinello, Sascha Zuber

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Abstract

Aims:

We investigated the associations of prospective memory (PM) with memory, attentional control, and conscientiousness and whether they differed between young-old (YO) and old-old adults (OO).

Methods:

We analyzed data from 562 older adults (mean = 80.04 years) who were tested on four PM tasks, memory (immediate and delayed cued recall), attentional control (letter and category fluency), and reported conscientiousness.

Results:

Latent variable analyses showed that in both YO and OO PM was associated with memory and attentional control (but not conscientiousness). Notably, testing for moderation effects revealed that the relation between PM and attentional control was significantly stronger in YO than in OO. Conclusion: YO may be able to better (than OO) achieve a good PM performance with good attentional control.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-82
Journal	Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
Volume	48
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000502639
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Prospective memory
Attentional control
Conscientiousness
Young-old adults
PERSONALITY

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Prospective memory relates to attentional control: Differential patterns in old age

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