The relationship between prospective memory, working memory and self-rated memory performance in individuals with intellectual disability

Pictures as cues or as support to verbal cues at encoding and execution of prospective memories in individuals with intellectual disability

“…In particular in real world attention has to be switched from the ongoing activity to the intended PM task without a direct request to remember (McDaniel & Einstein, 2000) which is difficult in the ID group (Meilan et al, 2009). Previous results based on performance in laboratory settings show severe limitations in PM function in individuals with ID (Levén, Lyxell, Andersson, Danielsson, & Rönnberg, 2011;Meilan et al, 2009). Weak working memory and episodic memory are offered as explanations (Levén et.…”

“…A Picture Position Span Task (Levén et al, 2011) was used to tap working memory capacity (Just & Carpenter, 1992; range: 0-60 pictures recalled in the correct position; for details see Levén et al, 2011). Photos of persons (difficult to verbalise; Smyth et al, 2005) were presented one by one (1 s, inter-stimuli interval 0.075 s).…”