Measurements of everyday memory: Toward the prevention of forgetting

Crovitz, Herbert F.; Daniel, Walter F.

doi:10.3758/bf03333861

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“…Studies of everyday memory phenomena can be placed in four categories: (1) experimental simulation and laboratory tests [Ebbinghaus 1885], (2) direct observation [Neisser 1982], (3) inventories and questionnaire based investigations [Hermann & Neisser 1978], and (4) diary studies [Crovitz & Daniel 1984].…”

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Towards memory supporting personal information management tools

Elsweiler

Ruthven

Jones

2007

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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In this article we discuss re-retrieving personal information objects and relate the task to recovering from lapse(s) in memory. We propose that fundamentally it is lapses in memory that impede users from successfully re-finding the information they need. Our hypothesis is that by learning more about memory lapses in non-computing contexts and how people cope and recover from these lapses, we can better inform the design of PIM tools and improve the user's ability to re-access and re-use objects. We describe a diary study that investigates the everyday memory problems of 25 people from a wide range of backgrounds. Based on the findings, we present a series of principles that we hypothesize will improve the design of personal information management tools. This hypothesis is validated by an evaluation of a tool for managing personal photographs, which was designed with respect to our findings. The evaluation suggests that users' performance when re-finding objects can be improved by building personal information management tools to support characteristics of human memory.

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Section: Methods Of Studying Everyday Memorymentioning

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Towards memory supporting personal information management tools

Elsweiler

Ruthven

Jones

2007

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…PM tasks are prevalent in everyday life and errors in PM may account for more than half of all daily memory problems (Crovitz & Daniel, 1984). In line with the ubiquitous nature of PM, the effects of age on PM performance have received increasing research attention, because PM failures can hamper autonomy and independence in old age (Einstein & McDaniel, 1996).…”

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The role of shifting, updating, and inhibition in prospective memory performance in young and older adults.

Schnitzspahn¹,

Stahl²,

Zeintl³

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Developmental Psychology

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Prospective memory performance shows a decline in late adulthood. The present article examines the role of 3 main executive function facets (i.e., shifting, updating, and inhibition) as possible developmental mechanisms associated with these age effects. One hundred seventy-five young and 110 older adults performed a battery of cognitive tests including measures of prospective memory, shifting, updating, inhibition, working memory, and speed. Age effects were confirmed in prospective memory and also obtained in shifting, updating, and inhibition. Yet, facets of executive control differently predicted prospective memory performance: While inhibition and shifting were strong predictors of prospective memory performance and also explained age differences in prospective memory, updating was not related to prospective memory performance across adulthood. Furthermore, considering executive function measures increased the amount of explained variance in prospective remembering and reduced the influence of speed. Working memory was not revealed to serve as a significant predictor of prospective memory performance in the present study. These findings clarify the role of different facets of controlled attention on age effects in prospective memory and bear important conceptual implications: Results suggest that some but not all facets of executive functioning are important developmental mechanisms of prospective memory across adulthood beyond working memory and speed. Specifically, inhibition and shifting appear to be essential aspects of cognitive control involved in age-related prospective memory performance.

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“…Maylor 1990). Several studies have shown that errors in prospective memory account for more than half of the overall memory problems and are crucial for the development and maintenance of independent living (Crovitz and Daniel 1984;Terry 1988), particularly in old age (McDaniel et al 2008). Therefore, many researchers have focused on factors that may explain age differences in prospective remembering (e.g.…”

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Age effects in prospective memory performance within older adults: the paradoxical impact of implementation intentions

Schnitzspahn

Kliegel

2009

Eur J Ageing

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This study investigated age effects in prospective memory performance within older adults. The first aim was to explore this issue by examining event-and timebased prospective memory performance in two age groups: young-old (60-75 years) and old-old adults (76-90 years). Moreover, this study for the first time investigated whether forming implementation intentions could be used to improve prospective memory in young-old and old-old adults. Results showed a general effect of age in prospective memory performance for both task types. In addition, no general effect of implementation intentions in prospective memory performance across both task types and age groups was found. However, testing implementation intention effects separately for both age groups revealed that the formation of implementation intentions enhanced prospective memory only for the young-old adults, but did not substantially affect the performance in the time-based task and even impaired it in the event-based task for the old-old adults. Findings indicate that the formation of implementation intentions might be a powerful memory strategy for young-old adults, but not for the very old.

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Measurements of everyday memory: Toward the prevention of forgetting

Cited by 130 publications

References 8 publications

Towards memory supporting personal information management tools

Towards memory supporting personal information management tools

The role of shifting, updating, and inhibition in prospective memory performance in young and older adults.

Age effects in prospective memory performance within older adults: the paradoxical impact of implementation intentions

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