Younger adults

Older adults

Experimental block Variable M SD M SD
  Task 1 (EB)        
Base Line Proportion of correct responses .998 .004 .998 .005
Latency (ms) 449 86 695 200
Ongoing + MP Proportion of correct responses .994 .009 .996 .007
Latency (ms) 608 101 919 253
Event-based PM Hits 7.91 1,23 8 2.80
PM interference effect (ms) 158 81 223 198
  Task 2 (EB)        
Base Line Proportion of correct responses .978 .017 .992 .010
Latency (ms) 646 119 808 133
Ongoing + MP Proportion of correct responses .966 .032 .985 .011
Latency (ms) 934 208 1164 292
Event-based PM Hits 8.27 2.07 8.42 1.88
PM interference effect (ms) 288 126 355 226
  Task 3 (EB)        
Base Line Proportion of correct responses .928 .038 .956 .037
Latency (ms) 1368 358 2005 704
Ongoing + MP Proportion of correct responses .923 .043 .943 .055
Latency (ms) 1612 493 2272 610
Event-based PM Hits 8.68 2.08 7.58 2.15
PM interference effect (ms) 244 209 267 318
  Task 4 (TB)        
Ongoing + MP Proportion of correct responses .979 .024 .992 .007
Latency (ms) 421 70 856 637
Time-based PM Hits 5.59 3.46 6.17 3.54
PM interference effect (ms) -28 61 160 552
Table 1: Ongoing task performance, prospective memory interference effect and prospective memory performance.