In human
memory research, concurrent overlap, or
task appropriate processing {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
In the domain of prospective memory, task appropriate processing refers to the overlap between processing operations required to perform an ongoing task and the processing operations required t ...
, is a type of processing overlap between an activity engaged in before the prospective memory is to be remembered and a cue that directs attention towards the prospective memory.
[Meier B., & Graf P. (2000). Transfer-appropriate processing for prospective memory tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14, S11-S27] It is
prospective memory specific and is distinct from sequential overlap, or
transfer-appropriate processing Transfer-appropriate processing (TAP) is a type of state-dependent memory specifically showing that memory performance is not only determined by the depth of processing (where associating meaning with information strengthens the memory; see levels- ...
, which occurs in both retrospective and prospective memory and is defined as the overlap in processing the to-be-remembered memory between planning (or study in
retrospective memory Retrospective memory is the memory of people, words, and events encountered or experienced in the past. It includes all other types of memory including episodic, semantic and procedural.Baddeley, A., Eysenck, M.W. & Anderson, M.C. (2009) "Memory". ...
) and test times.
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