If chronic heavy alcohol consumption does have an adverse effect on prospective memory, then one would expect this group to report significantly greater errors in their prospective memory functioning when compared to a low dose/alcohol-free group SUBJECTS AND METHODS The present study aimed to extend our knowledge on potential memory deficits resulting from heavy alcohol use, focusing here on self-rated errors of prospective memory. Given this and the evidence that retrospective memory is impaired in this group, one might expect that they would report more impairments in prospective memory when compared to a sample of low-dose/non-alcohol users. There is some evidence to suggest that chronic heavy alcohol users show detriments in remembering within an everyday context ( Knight and Godfrey, 1985). The scale has proved to be a useful tool in estimating the effectiveness of PM in a number of settings, including assessing the impact of personality differences ( Heffernan and Ling, 2001), age-related differences ( Heffernan and Elmirghani, 2000), as a neuropsychological instrument in the study of brain damaged patients ( Hannon et al., 1995), and has been used to explore self-rated prospective memory impairments in regular ecstasy users ( Heffernan et al., 2001). In addition, the PMQ gauges the number of strategies used to aid remembering via the Techniques to Remember Scale. Three sub-scales provide self-reported measures of short-term habitual, long-term episodic, and internally-cued prospective memory. (1995) is a self-rating scale that requires participants to record the number of times their prospective memory has failed them within a period of time. The Prospective Memory Questionnaire (PMQ), developed by Hannon et al. Brandimonte et al., 1996 Ellis et al., 1999). PM has only recently been subject to systematic empirical research (e.g. For example, remembering to attend a particular function such as a party, or to carry out a particular task, such as remembering to pay a bill on time. One important aspect of day-to-day memory function is prospective memory (PM), which refers to the process of remembering to do things at some future point in time ( Brandimonte et al., 1996).
However, few investigations have examined the extent to which these impairments impact upon memory functioning in an everyday context. Such research into memory dysfunction has tended to focus on laboratory and/or field tests of retrospective memory - encompassing the learning, consolidation, retention and retrieval of previously presented target material. In terms of memory, chronic heavy alcohol users and alcohol-dependent persons show impaired performance on a range of memory tasks, for example learning word lists ( Grant, 1987 Bachara et al., 2001), short- and long-term logical memory ( Selby and Azrin, 1998), general working memory ( Ambrose et al., 2001) and executive function ( Wendt and Risberg, 2001). For example, studies have revealed cognitive impairments in problem-solving abilities and decision making ( Leckliter and Matarazzo, 1989 Selby and Azrin, 1998), as well as in a range of memorial functioning. In addition, the CAMPROMPT provides valid data for planning programs aimed at remediating prospective memory difficulties.Chronic heavy alcohol consumption leads to a number of neuropsychological impairments, including memory deficits.
For people with brain injury, failures in prospective memory, such as forgetting to take medication, can have a devastating effect on everyday life and are likely to threaten independence. In other words, prospective memory is remembering to do things rather than remembering things that have already happened. Prospective memory is the ability to remember to do things at a particular time or within a given interval of time or when a certain event happens. The most common memory complaints are concerned with failures of prospective memory, yet this aspect of memory function is rarely assessed formally.
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