Poster CHSCOM 2022

Prospective memory (PM) or memory for intentions is difficult for people with intellectualdisability (ID). PM has been studied in young people with Down syndrome (Godfrey &Lee, 2020) but less is known about PM in adults with unknown or other causes of ID.Storing the content of the intention and retrieval at the appropriate event load onretrospective memory and executive functions. No difference have been found betweensubjective and more objective measures of PM in the ID population (Levén m.fl., 2011).Subjective experience of perceptual impairments, e.g., hard of hearing, will be investigatedas age-related hearing loss occurs early in the ID group and hearing can benefit PM. Themore objective measure of PM is based on the procedure used in the Betula project onmemory function and ageing in Sweden. As PM task the participant get the instruction toremind the researcher about a paper to sign when the tests are finished. In case this isforgotten the participant is asked if there was something else they should do. If no responsewas given the cue; Were you not supposed to remind me of something? was provided.Subjects were not told that this was a memory test. The SDQ instrument (Goodman, 1997)will give a general description of the individual, inhibition will be rated with the VIMIinstrument, digit span rates working memory capacity, and the subjective experience ofretrospective and prospective memory is rated with PRMQ (Rönnlund m.fl., 2011).