Memory is the practice in which information or knowledge is recorded, stored and recalled. For this processing of information or knowledge in memory, hippocampus, amygdala, striatum, and mammillary bodies of the brain areas are involved. Prospective memory is defined as the type of memory which is going to be delayed to take action in the future and performed on the advent of the most suitable condition for this particular task. There are three types of prospective memory: event based, time-based and activity based. In the event based prospective memory, exterior signal activate the related memory of the previously created plan. In time based prospective memory, individual aims to execute a task at a definite time or after lapsed time. In activity based prospective task, individual’s objective is to perform the task after completion of certain additional task. Out of these three types of prospective memory, activity-based memory is most important memory in our daily activities and in reality, this activity-based memory is least studied. …show more content…
Prospective memory is considered as the memory for the future action and also it plays important role in routine activities. These activities as a result of the prospective memory, can be simple activities or complex activities. As mentioned earlier, in event based tasks, environmental signal is used as a prompt of the intended activity. For performing future actions in the form of prospective memory, some external signal is required. This external or environmental signal for the execution of the prospective memory can be assessed by the event based memory tasks. In this scenario, it is necessary to evaluate the relationship between the prospective memory and event based memory task. It has been hypothesized that there can be parallel relationship between the prospective memory and the event based memory