Prospective Memory

前瞻性记忆使我们能够制定计划，并在合适的时间和地点回忆起来。例如，我们需要前瞻记忆来记住在下班回家的路上买东西，或者按照规定的时间表服药。我研究的长期目标是推进我们对前瞻记忆中与年龄相关的变化的理解。许多理论对前瞻记忆的年龄相关变化做出了预测，我的研究将检验其中的一些预测。

Prospective memory allows us to make plans and to recollect them later at the right time and place. We require prospective memory, for example, to remember to pick up groceries on the way home from work or for taking medication following a prescribed schedule. The long term goal of my research is to advance our understanding of age-related changes in prospective memory. A number of theories make predictions about age-related changes in prospective memory and my research will examine a number of these predictions.