Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2016
Improving Prospective Memory in Healthy Older Adults and Individuals with Very Mild Alzheimer's Disease.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Time-Based and Event-Based Prospective Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Prospective Memory Training in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2023Pooled it
- The effectiveness of virtual reality for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: a meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Using smartphone technology to improve prospective memory functioning: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Trial
- Effects of a Multi-Component Training Program on Healthy Older Adults' Prospective Memory Performance: Assessing Change Over Time.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- Improving Prospective Memory in Persons With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2017Trial
- Encoding strategy training and self-reported everyday prospective memory in people with Parkinson disease: a randomized-controlled trial.The Clinical neuropsychologistTrial
- Sensor-Based Assessment of Morning Prospective Memory in Narcolepsy Type 1: Evidence from Children and Adult Cohorts.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Introducing the Bbrainklok as a Digital External Memory Aid on Prospective Memory, Apathy and Autonomy in Individuals with Korsakoff's Syndrome.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Article
- Boosting behavioral adaptability to enhance older adults' mental health/well-being and quality of life using a habit-based metacognitive self-help intervention.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Real-world compensatory strategy use in community-dwelling mid-life and older adults: An evaluation of quality.The Clinical neuropsychologist · 2024Article
- The Development of a Pilot App Targeting Short-Term and Prospective Memory in People Diagnosed with Dementia.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Improving goal striving and resilience in older adults through a personalized metacognitive self-help intervention: a protocol paper.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- The effects of implementation intentions on prospective memory in young and older adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Subjective Time in Dementia: A Critical Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Prospective memory impairment in neurological disorders: implications and management.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2021Review
- Thought probes during prospective memory encoding: Evidence for perfunctory processes.PloS one · 2018Article
- An implementation intention strategy can improve prospective memory in older adults with very mild Alzheimer's disease.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2016Article
- Keeping Your Glass Half Full: Cognitive Strategy Intervention for Older Adults.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the utility of a memory-encoding strategy for improving prospective memory (PM), the ability to remember to execute future goals (e.g., remembering to take medications), which plays an important role in independent living in healthy older adults and those with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).
designParticipants were randomly assigned to an encoding strategy condition or a standard encoding condition.
settingA longitudinal study conducted at an Alzheimer's disease research center. Testing took place at the center and in a university testing room.
participantsHealthy older adults (Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) = 0.0, n = 38) and those classified as being in the very mild stage of AD (CDR = 0.5, n = 34).
interventionA simple strategy ("If I see Cue X, then I will perform Intention Y") was used to strengthen PM encoding and reduce the probability of forgetting to execute one's future plans. MEASUREMENTS: PM was assessed using Virtual Week, a laboratory task that requires the simulation of common PM tasks (the types of tasks performed in everyday life), such as taking one's medication at breakfast.
resultsThe encoding strategy significantly reduced PM failures in healthy older adults and those with very mild AD and was effective regardless of the individual's episodic memory ability.
conclusionThis encoding strategy was successful in reducing PM errors in healthy older adults and those with mild AD with a range of memory abilities.
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