The cost of monitoring in time-based prospective memory.
Sci Rep
; 14(1): 2279, 2024 01 27.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38280894
ABSTRACT
Time-based prospective memory (TBPM) involves remembering to perform actions at specific times in the future. Several studies suggest that monetary consequences improve prospective remembering; however, the effect of monetary consequences on strategic time monitoring (i.e., clock-checking behaviour) in TBPM is still unknown. The present study investigated how the monetary costs on clock-checking affected TBPM accuracy and strategic time monitoring. Participants performed an ongoing lexical decision task while carrying out a TBPM task every two minutes. Motivational incentives were manipulated across three experimental conditions a single-cost condition in which missed TBPM responses led to monetary deductions, a double-cost condition in which both missed responses and time monitoring led to monetary deductions, and a control condition with no monetary deductions. Overall, the findings indicated that monetary costs on clock-checking prompted more parsimonious strategic time monitoring behaviour, which negatively impacted TBPM accuracy. These results emphasize the importance of weighing the motivational aspects involved in strategic monitoring, shedding light on the complex relationship between clock-checking behaviour, its consequences, and TBPM performance.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Time Perception
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Memory, Episodic
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Rep
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Switzerland
Country of publication:
United kingdom