Prospective memory training in young adults enhances trained-task but not transfer-task performance
Source
Memory, 27, 7, (2019), pp. 1018-1023ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Journal title
Memory
Volume
vol. 27
Issue
iss. 7
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 1018
Page end
p. 1023
Subject
Neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology; Neuro- en revalidatiepsychologieAbstract
Training and transfer effects of prospective memory training have not been assessed in healthy young adults yet. The present study examined the effects of an 8-day prospective memory training programme using the Virtual Week computer game in 18-24-year-old students. Using the performance of an active control group as comparison, the study revealed a significant short-lived beneficial training-induced effect on a nearest-transfer task consisting of a different version of the trained task. No evidence was obtained for transfer effects to other tasks measuring prospective memory (near transfer), or to tasks measuring various executive functions or general intelligence (far transfer). These results were compared to those from a previous study in which an identical training and testing protocol was used in 13-15-year-old adolescents. This study did reveal some evidence of near and far transfer. The results of the two studies combined suggest a greater potential for prospective memory training to induce beneficial transfer effects in young adolescents than in young adults.
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