dc.contributor.author | Ryder, Nuala | |
dc.contributor.author | Kvavilashvili, Lia | |
dc.contributor.author | Ford, Ruth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-05T16:15:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-05T16:15:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ryder , N , Kvavilashvili , L & Ford , R 2022 , ' Effects of incidental reminders on prospective memory in children ' , Developmental Psychology , vol. 58 , no. 5 , pp. 890–901 . https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001035 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0012-1649 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-4509-494X/work/115596790 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/25590 | |
dc.description | © 2022 American Psychological Association. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001035 | |
dc.description.abstract | Prospective memory (PM) involves remembering to carry out intended actions in the future (e.g., posting a letter on the way to school or passing on a message) and is important for children’s independent functioning in daily life. This study examined, for the first time, the effects of incidental reminder cues on children’s PM. Five- and 7-year-old children (n = 160, 50% female, predominantly White from lower middle to middle-class families) had to remember to put cards with a picture of a dog into a box (placed behind the child) every time they finished working on an activity book with a line drawing on each page (activity-based PM task). Additionally, the picture presented on the last page of each activity book was manipulated to examine the role of incidental reminders on PM. Results showed that 7-year-old children significantly outperformed 5-year-olds on the PM task despite age-equivalence of performance on the ongoing visual search task. For both age groups, an incidental reminder (a line drawing of a dog) that was similar to the target of the PM task (a card with a colour picture of a dog) significantly improved PM compared to the no reminder condition (a line drawing of a flower), while reminders related to the PM action (a line drawing of a box) or semantically related to the target of the PM task (a line drawing of a cat) were not effective. These findings have important practical and theoretical implications and open up interesting avenues for future research. | en |
dc.format.extent | 325272 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Developmental Psychology | |
dc.title | Effects of incidental reminders on prospective memory in children | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Psychology | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research in Psychology and Sports | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Life and Medical Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography | |
dc.contributor.institution | Learning, Memory and Thinking | |
dc.contributor.institution | Psychology and NeuroDiversity Applied Research Unit | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1037/dev0001035 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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