Effect of Emotion on Prospective Memory in Those of Different Age Groups

Table 2

Prospective memory performance for younger and older adults.

Age group	Emotional valence of PM cues
	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Accuracy (SD)
Younger adults (n = 24)	0.98 (0.04)	0.97 (0.06)	0.97 (0.05)
Older adults (n = 23)	0.94 (0.07)	0.88 (0.10)	0.94 (0.05)
Response time (SD)
Younger adults (n = 24)	896.83 (111.41)	886.57 (108.02)	882.62 (99.49)
Older adults (n = 23)	1057.18 (158.64)	1123.66 (136.36)	1157.04 (216.14)