Palermo Liana, Cinelli Maria Cristina, Piccardi Laura, Ciurli Paola, Incoccia Chiara, Zompanti Laura, Guariglia Cecilia
a School of Life and Health Sciences , Aston University , Birmingham , UK.
b Neuropsychology Unit , IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia of Rome , Rome , Italy.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2016;69(1):65-74. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1023734. Epub 2015 Apr 8.
The study of gender differences in prospective memory (i.e., remembering to remember) has received modest attention in the literature. The few reported studies investigating either subjective or objective evaluations of prospective memory have shown inconsistent data. In this study, we aimed to verify the presence of gender differences during the performance of an objective prospective memory test by considering the weight of specific variables such as length of delay, type of response, and type of cue. We submitted a sample of 100 healthy Italian participants (50 men and 50 women) to a test expressly developed to assess prospective memory: The Memory for Intentions Screening Test. Women performed better than men in remembering to do an event-based task (i.e., prompted by an external event) and when the task required a physical response modality. We discuss the behavioural differences that emerged by considering the possible role of sociological, biological, neuroanatomical, and methodological variables.
前瞻性记忆（即记住要去做某事）中的性别差异研究在文献中受到的关注较少。少数已报道的研究，无论是对前瞻性记忆的主观评估还是客观评估，所呈现的数据都不一致。在本研究中，我们旨在通过考虑诸如延迟时长、反应类型和线索类型等特定变量的影响，来验证在进行客观前瞻性记忆测试时是否存在性别差异。我们让100名健康的意大利参与者（50名男性和50名女性）样本接受一项专门为评估前瞻性记忆而开发的测试：意向记忆筛查测试。在记住执行基于事件的任务（即由外部事件引发）以及任务需要身体反应方式时，女性的表现优于男性。我们通过考虑社会学、生物学、神经解剖学和方法学变量的可能作用，来讨论所出现的行为差异。
