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dc.contributor.authorRyder, Nuala
dc.contributor.authorKvavilashvili, Lia
dc.contributor.authorFord, Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T16:15:02Z
dc.date.available2022-07-05T16:15:02Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-21
dc.identifier.citationRyder , 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.issn0012-1649
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4509-494X/work/115596790
dc.identifier.urihttp://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.abstractProspective 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
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofDevelopmental Psychology
dc.titleEffects of incidental reminders on prospective memory in childrenen
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Psychology and Sports
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology, Sport and Geography
dc.contributor.institutionLearning, Memory and Thinking
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology and NeuroDiversity Applied Research Unit
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1037/dev0001035
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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