sj-docx-1-qjp-10.1177_17470218231220578 – Supplemental material for Assessing time-based prospective memory online: A comparison study between laboratory-based and web-based testing

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-qjp-10.1177_17470218231220578 for Assessing time-based prospective memory online: A comparison study between laboratory-based and web-based testing by Gianvito Laera, Alexandra Hering and Matthias Kliegel in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology</p

Mean affect and arousal ratings of prospective memory exemplars and cues.

<p>Mean affect and arousal ratings of prospective memory exemplars and cues.</p

Prospective memory accuracy as a function of emotional valence (Fig 1a); ongoing task accuracy (Fig 1b) and reaction time (Fig 1c) as a function of ongoing task phase (PM, no PM).

<p>Bars represent one standard error of the mean.</p

Associations of educational attainment and cognitive level of job with old age verbal ability and processing speed: The mediating role of chronic diseases

<p>We investigated whether the relation of educational attainment and cognitive level of job to performance in verbal ability and processing speed in old age was mediated via the number of chronic diseases. A total of 2,812 older adults participated. Psychometric tests on verbal ability and processing speed were administered. Individuals were interviewed regarding their education, midlife occupation, and chronic diseases in old age. Higher educational attainment and higher cognitive level of job were correlated with better performance in verbal ability and processing speed (.15 ≤ <i>r</i> ≤ .33, <i>p</i>s < .001). 1.4 to 7.3% of these relations was mediated via the number of chronic diseases (<i>β</i> = .01, <i>p</i>s < .026). In conclusion, individuals with higher educational attainment and higher cognitive level of job may possibly suffer from fewer chronic diseases later in life. Possibly, this may finally be related to better performance in verbal ability and processing speed in those individuals in old age.</p

Performance in CPT and the episodic memory tasks.

EPELI (Executive Performance in Everyday LIving) is a recently developed gaming tool for objective assessment of goal-directed behavior and prospective memory (PM) in everyday contexts. This pre-registered study examined psychometric features of a new EPELI adult online version, modified from the original child version and further developed for self-administered web-based testing at home. A sample of 255 healthy adults completed EPELI where their task was to perform household chores instructed by a virtual character. The participants also filled out PM-related questionnaires and a diary and performed two conventional PM tasks and an intelligence test. We expected that the more “life-like” EPELI task would show stronger associations with conventional PM questionnaires and diary-based everyday PM reports than traditional PM tasks would do. This hypothesis did not receive support. Although EPELI was rated as more similar to everyday tasks, performance in it was not associated with the questionnaires and the diary. However, there were associations between time-monitoring behavior in EPELI and the traditional PM tasks. Taken together, online adult-EPELI was found to be a reliable method with high ecological face validity, but its convergent validity requires further research.</div

The EPELI game.

In the game, the participants performed everyday chores in a virtual apartment. The floorplan (panel A) was not shown to the participant. The to-be-remembered list of tasks was given by the virtual character Vincent at the beginning of each task block (panel B). The event-based task was to place the teddy bear, if seen amidst the toys scattered on the floor, on the sofa (panel C). The participant could move around by clicking on white hotspots on the floor. A clock with running time could be opened by clicking the right mouse button.</p

Associations between the EPELI variables and the questionnaires and the PM diary.

The Bayes Factors reported here are inverted (BF01) and indicate evidence for the null hypothesis.</p

Associations between the conventional PM tasks and CPT with the questionnaires.

Inverted Bayes Factors (BF01) are reported, indicating evidence for the null hypothesis.</p

Performance in EPELI.

EPELI (Executive Performance in Everyday LIving) is a recently developed gaming tool for objective assessment of goal-directed behavior and prospective memory (PM) in everyday contexts. This pre-registered study examined psychometric features of a new EPELI adult online version, modified from the original child version and further developed for self-administered web-based testing at home. A sample of 255 healthy adults completed EPELI where their task was to perform household chores instructed by a virtual character. The participants also filled out PM-related questionnaires and a diary and performed two conventional PM tasks and an intelligence test. We expected that the more “life-like” EPELI task would show stronger associations with conventional PM questionnaires and diary-based everyday PM reports than traditional PM tasks would do. This hypothesis did not receive support. Although EPELI was rated as more similar to everyday tasks, performance in it was not associated with the questionnaires and the diary. However, there were associations between time-monitoring behavior in EPELI and the traditional PM tasks. Taken together, online adult-EPELI was found to be a reliable method with high ecological face validity, but its convergent validity requires further research.</div

Correlations between all the self-report measures.

Correlations between all the self-report measures.</p