Event overview
Psychology Department Seminar Series
Remembering delayed intentions- Prospective memory development across the lifespan
Abstract - Have you ever forgotten to switch off your mobile phone before attending a talk? To add the attachment to an email before sending it off? Or to take your medication on time? These are all everyday examples of prospective memory failures. Prospective memory describes the ability to remember to carry out an intended action at a specific moment in the future. As the examples show, we all face numerous prospective memory challenges in our everyday lives. In my talk I will present several studies illustrating how this important memory function can be measured in- and outside of the laboratory, how it develops across the lifespan, which factors influence performance and which strategies can be used to improve the remembering of delayed intentions.
Biography - Katharina Schnitzspahn is a lecturer at the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen. She completed her PhD at the Technische Universität Dresden and pursued her interest in cognitive and emotional aging further as a postdoctoral researcher in the Cognitive Aging Lab at the University of Geneva.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 30 Nov 2017 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
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