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. 2005;52(4):243-56.
doi: 10.1027/1618-3169.52.4.243.

The effects of working memory resource availability on prospective memory: a formal modeling approach

Rebekah E Smith  1 , Ute J Bayen
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The effects of working memory resource availability on prospective memory: a formal modeling approach

Rebekah E Smith et al. Exp Psychol. 2005.

Abstract

The PAM theory of event-based prospective memory (Smith, 2003; Smith & Bayen, 2004a) proposes that successful prospective memory performance demands upon the interaction of preparatory attentional processes and retrospective memory processes. The two experiments in the current study represent the first application of a formal model to investigate the sensitivity of these underlying processes to variations in working memory resource availability. Multinomial modeling of data from prospective-memory tasks showed that working memory span influenced preparatory attentional processes and retrospective-memory processes.

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