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According to our matching algorithm, Rebekah E. Smith is the likely recipient of the following grants.
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Recipients |
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Title / Keywords |
Matching score |
2001 — 2002 |
Smith, Rebekah Elizabeth |
F32Activity Code Description: To provide postdoctoral research training to individuals to broaden their scientific background and extend their potential for research in specified health-related areas. |
Aging and Propective Memory: a Formal Modeling Approach @ University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ability to perform prospective memory tasks (remembering to perform an action in the future) is essential for maintaining an independent lifestyle. For instance, a person who can not remember to take medication or to turn off the stove will require daily assistance. Understanding how the processes underlying prospective memory performance might differ in younger and older adults is essential for preventing decline and for creating useful means of assistance to those individuals who are having difficulty with this everyday memory task. The proposed research uses mathematical modeling techniques test hypotheses, derived from a new theory of prospective memory, about how age differences in attention and memory interact to produce age differences in prospective memory performance. A mathematical model will be validated and used determine the cognitive processes underlying age differences in prospective memory. Four experiments will evaluate age differences in prospective memory accuracy and age differences in the impact of prospective memory tasks on on-going activities. In addition, the role of resource limitations in older adults? performance on prospective and retrospective tasks will be assessed using a measure of working memory capacity.
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2009 — 2013 |
Smith, Rebekah Elizabeth |
SC1Activity Code Description: Individual investigator-initiated research projects aimed at developing researchers at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to a stage where they can transition successfully to other s extramural support (R01 or equivalent). |
Aging, Improving Prospective Memory, and a Formal Model. @ University of Texas San Antonio
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Prospective memory is defined as remembering to perform an action in the future, such as remembering to give a friend a message or to make a doctor's appointment. The ability to perform prospective memory is essential for living independently as we age. For instance, a person who cannot remember to take medication or to turn off the stove will require daily assistance. Older adults often have more difficulty than younger adults with prospective memory. Understanding how the processes underlying prospective memory might differ in younger and older adults is essential for preventing decline and for creating useful techniques for compensating for those individuals who are having difficulty with this everyday memory task. The proposed research uses mathematical modeling techniques to test theoretically derived hypotheses about the relationship between age-related differences in executive control and age differences in prospective memory. A mathematical model will be used to determine how age affects the cognitive processes underlying prospective memory. The PI has validated the model and shown that the model provides a good fit to empirical data in prospective memory studies with young and older adults. Furthermore, the proposed research investigates ways to improve improve older adults'prospective memory. Ten experiments are proposed. Experiments 1-4 will examine the role of executive control in age-related differences in prospective memory. Clearly establishing the relationship between age-related differences in executive control and the processes underlying prospective memory is an essential first step. Techniques for improving prospective memory may rely on executive control and therefore may not be equally effective in young and older adults. Experiments 3-10 will evaluate different techniques for improving older adults'prospective memory. These experiments will provide a solid theoretical and empirical foundation for the extension of these compensatory techniques to non-laboratory settings in future research. The proposed research will be the first to apply formal modeling techniques to understanding how to improve older adults'prospective memory. Public Health Relevance: Prospective memory, which is defined as remembering to perform an action in the future, is fundamentally important for living independently as we age. The proposed research will investigate age-related differences in prospective memory and will develop ways to improve older adults'prospective memory. Given the increasing numbers of older adults in our society, combined with the importance of prospective memory in our daily lives, the proposed research will make an important contribution to basic public health issues.
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