Unit:
Speciality Clinical NeuropsychologyLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Κονταξοπούλου Διονυσία
Supervisors info:
Σωκράτης Παπαγεωργίου, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής
Original Title:
Incidental and intentional memory of healthy individuals: how these processes relate with tasks engaging attentional and executive resources
Translated title:
Ακούσια και εκούσια απομνημόνευση: διερεύνηση της σχέσης τους με την προσοχή και τις εκτελεστικές λειτουργίες και ανίχνευση των διαφοροποιήσεων μεταξύ του γενικού πληθυσμού
Summary:
Intentional memory refers to the effortful procedure during which information
is memorized. Incidental memory refers to the unintentional effortless encoding
of information and is considered to be a more prominent function in everyday
life but has not been yet studied systematically. The aim of the current study
is to investigate incidental memory and intentional memory in healthy
participants as well as the relation of these processes with tasks that engage
attentional and executive resources. A total number of 47 participants took
part in a driving simulation experiment and underwent detailed
neuropsychological testing. Incidental memory was assessed with a questionnaire
regarding elements from their driving task, without previous notice while
intentional memory was measured by Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised. No
significant differences were found according the gender. Regarding age, the
younger participants had better performance only in the incidental memory task,
t(45) = 4,2, p=0,000. Moreover, tests engaging attentional and executive
resources predicted a greater part of the variation in incidental (R2 = 0,11 –
0,46) than intentional memory (R2 = 0,09 – 0,18). To conclude, memorizing
information through incidental mnemonic processes appears to be influenced by
the passage of age. Furthermore, attentional and executive processes appear to
play a more prominent role in incidental than intentional memory.
Keywords:
Incidental memory , Intentional memory
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