Citation

Brewer GA, Ball BH, Knight JB, Dewitt MR, Marsh RL. Acta Psychol. 2011; 138(1): 100-105.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.05.011

PMID

21704959

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to examine the effects of divided attention on activity-based prospective memory. After establishing a goal to fulfill an intention upon completion of an ongoing activity, successful completion of the intention generally suffered when attention was being devoted to an additional task (Experiment 1). Forming an implementation intention at encoding ameliorated the negative effects of divided attention (Experiment 2). The results from the present experiments demonstrate that activity-based prospective memory is susceptible to distraction and that implementing encoding strategies that enhance prospective memory performance can reduce this interference. The current work raises interesting questions about the similarities and differences between event- and activity-based prospective memories.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en