Exploring the intrinsic-extrinsic distinction in prospective metamemory

Publication date: February 2019Source: Journal of Memory and Language, Volume 104Author(s): Jonathan A. Susser, Neil W. MulliganAbstractThe overwhelming majority of research on metamemory examines retrospective memory – memory for past events. The metamemory of prospective memory – remembering to carry out intentions in the future – is little studied. The cue utilization account is a prominent framework for analyzing retrospective metamemory, here applied to prospective metamemory. This framework predicts that intrinsic cues (e.g., characteristics of the to-be-remembered information) readily impact metamemory whereas extrinsic cues (e.g., features of the general learning environment) have much less impact. The current study examined prospective memory using target-response word pairs...

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