Event-Related Potential Evidence of Similarities and Differences between Prospective Memory and Vigilance

Ya Wang, Raymond CK Chan, Ji Fang Cui, Ho Keung David Shum

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Abstract

There are several similarities between prospective memory (PM) and vigilance, the present study aimed to examine the relationship between PM and vigilance using event-related potentials (ERP). Behavioral results indicated that PM showed longer reaction time and less accuracy than vigilance. The ERP data revealed that PM and vigilance did not show significant difference during 200-400ms in occipital region, i.e., the cue detection process, vigilance evoked more parietal positivity (related to categorization and monitoring process) than PM, but it may be related to the difference of ongoing task and non-target trials, PM evoked more negative slow wave in frontal region, suggesting post-retrieval evaluations of PM.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-376
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Symposium on Computer Science and Society
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

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