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2026

Altgassen, M., Heinrich, H., & Edel, M.-A. (2026). Episodic Future Thinking Improves Everyday Prospective Memory Performance in Adults With a Previous Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder by Community Providers. JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS. Published. DOI

2025

Smits, S., Postma, A., Altgassen, M., Helmantel, M., Stuivenwold, F., & Oudman, E. (2025). Smartwatch reminders can support time-based prospective memory in patients with Korsakoff’s syndrome. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION. Published. DOI
Faustmann, L. L., & Altgassen, M. (2025). Prospective Memory Performance of Autistic Adults in Everyday Life: The Role of Stress and Motivation. AUTISM RESEARCH, 18(7), 1447-1460. DOI
Gers, B., Weber, K. E., & Altgassen, M. (2025). Positive episodic future thinking and its impact on the perceived performance anxiety in performing artists. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 16. DOI
Stelz, S., & Altgassen, M. (2025). Prospective and Retrospective Metacognitive Judgments of Prospective Memory Performance Across the Lifespan. JOURNAL OF COGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT, 26(3), 493-514. DOI

2024

Danne, V., Gers, B., & Altgassen, M. (2024). Is the Association of Procrastination and Age Mediated by Fear of Failure?. JOURNAL OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY, 42(2), 433-446. DOI
Groenman, A. P., Torenvliet, C., Radhoe, T. A., Agelink van Rentergem, J. A., van der Putten, W., Altgassen, M., & Geurts, H. M. (2024). Remembering the future; prospective memory across the autistic adult’s life span. AUTISM, 28(9), 2254-2266. DOI
Jansen, M. G., Zwiers, M. P., Marques, J. P., Chan, K.-S., Amelink, J. S., Altgassen, M., Oosterman, J. M., & Norris, D. G. (2024). The Advanced BRain Imaging on ageing and Memory (ABRIM) data collection: Study design, data processing, and rationale. PLOS ONE, 19(6). DOI
Danne, V., Gers, B., & Altgassen, M. (2024). Is the Association of Procrastination and Age Mediated by Fear of Failure?. JOURNAL OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY, 42(2), 433-446. DOI
Faustmann, L. L., & Altgassen, M. (2024). Practice is the best of all instructors-Effects of enactment encoding and episodic future thinking on prospective memory performance in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. AUTISM RESEARCH, 17(6), 1258-1275. DOI
Faustmann, L. L., & Altgassen, M. (2024). A matter of precision? Scene imagery in individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. AUTISM RESEARCH, 17(3), 529-542. DOI

2022

Aarts, E., Akkerman, A., Altgassen, M., Bartels, R., Beckers, D., Bevelander, K., Bijleveld, E., Davidson, E. B., Boleij, A., Bralten, J., Cillessen, T., Claassen, J., Cools, R., Cornelissen, I., Dresler, M., Eijsvogels, T., Faber, M., Fernandez, G., Figner, B., Fritsche, M., Fuellbrunn, S., Gayet, S., van Gelder, M. M. H. J., van Gerven, M., Geurts, S., Greven, C. U., Groefsema, M. U., Haak, K., Hagoort, P., Hartman, Y., van der Heijden, B., Hermans, E., Heuvelmans, V., Hintz, F., den Hollander, J., Hulsman, A. M., Idesis, S. M., Jaeger, M., Janse, E., Janzing, J., Kessels, R. P. C., Karremans, J. C., de Kleijn, W. C., Klein, M., Klumpers, F., Kohn, N., Korzilius, H., Krahmer, B., de Lange, F., van Leeuwen, J., Liu, H., Luijten, M., Manders, P., Manevska, K., Marques, J. P., Matthews, J., McQueen, J. M., Medendorp, P., Melis, R., Meyer, A., Oosterman, J., Overbeek, L., Peelen, M., Popma, J., Postma, G., Roelofs, K., van Rossenberg, Y. G. T., Schaap, G., Scheepers, P., Selen, L., Starren, M., Swinkels, D. W., Tendolkar, I. W., Thijssen, D., Timmerman, H., Tutunji, R., Tuladhar, A., Veling, H., Verhagen, M., Verkroost, J., Vink, J., Vriezekolk, V., Vrijsen, J., Vyrastekova, J., van der Wal, S., Willems, R., Willemsen, A., & Willemsen, A. (2022). Protocol of the Healthy Brain Study: An accessible resource for understanding the human brain and how it dynamically and individually operates in its bio-social context (vol 16, e0260952, 2021). PLOS ONE, 17(4). DOI
Faustmann, L. L., Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., & Altgassen, M. (2022). Do emotionally salient cues improve prospective memory performance in children and adolescents with autism?. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 131. DOI
Immel, A.-S., Altgassen, M., Meyer, M., Endedijk, H. M., & Hunnius, S. (2022). Self-projection in early childhood: No evidence for a common underpinning of episodic memory, episodic future thinking, theory of mind, and spatial navigation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 223. DOI
Faustmann, L. L., Eckhardt, L., Hamann, P. S., & Altgassen, M. (2022). The Effects of Separate Facial Areas on Emotion Recognition in Different Adult Age Groups: A Laboratory and a Naturalistic Study. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 13. DOI
Smits, S., Oudman, E., Altgassen, M., & Postma, A. (2022). Smartwatch reminders are as effective as verbal reminders in patients with Korsakoff’s syndrome: three case studies. NEUROCASE, 28(1), 48-62. DOI

2021

Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., Kliegel, M., Goschke, T., & Altgassen, M. (2021). ’If-then ’ but when? Effects of implementation intentions on children ’ s and adolescents ’ prospective memory. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, 57. DOI
Sheppard, D. P., & Altgassen, M. (2021). Did you hear? Auditory prospective memory cues are more beneficial for autistic than for non-autistic children and adolescents. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 115. DOI
Altgassen, M., Cohen, A.-L., & Jansen, M. G. (2021). The effects of collaboration and punishment on prospective memory performance in a group setting. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 35(1), 160-168. DOI

2020

Lloyd, B., Oudman, E., Altgassen, M., Walvoort, S. J. W., Kessels, R. P. C., & Postma, A. (2020). Episodic future thinking together with observational learning benefits prospective memory in high-functioning Korsakoff’s syndrome patients. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 59(3), 369-383. DOI
van Petersen, E., Altgassen, M., van Lier, R., & van Leeuwen, T. M. (2020). Enhanced spatial navigation skills in sequence-space synesthetes. CORTEX, 130, 49-63. DOI
Vetter, N. C., Oosterman, J. M., Muehlbach, J., Wolff, S., & Altgassen, M. (2020). The impact of emotional congruent and emotional neutral context on recognizing complex emotions in older adults. AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION, 27(5), 677-692. DOI
Schnitzspahn, K. M., Kvavilashvili, L., & Altgassen, M. (2020). Redefining the pattern of age-prospective memory-paradox: new insights on age effects in lab-based, naturalistic, and self-assigned tasks. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, 84(5), 1370-1386. DOI
Hering, A., Wild-Wall, N., Falkenstein, M., Gajewski, P. D., Zinke, K., Altgassen, M., & Kliegel, M. (2020). Beyond prospective memory retrieval: Encoding and remembering of intentions across the lifespan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 147, 44-59. DOI

2019

Surrey, C., Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., Altgassen, M., & Fischer, R. (2019). Contextual recruitment of cognitive control in preadolescent children and young adults. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 183, 189-207. DOI
Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., Schnitzspahn, K. M., Reuter, L., & Altgassen, M. (2019). Episodic future thinking improves children’s prospective memory performance in a complex task setting with real life task demands. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, 83(3), 514-525. DOI
Altgassen, M., Scheres, A., & Edel, M.-A. (2019). Prospective memory (partially) mediates the link between ADHD symptoms and procrastination. ADHD-ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERS, 11(1), 59-71. DOI
Lloyd, B., Oudman, E., Altgassen, M., & Postma, A. (2019). Smartwatch aids time-based prospective memory in Korsakoff syndrome: a case study. NEUROCASE, 25(1-2), 21-25. DOI
Barner, C., Altgassen, M., Born, J., & Diekelmann, S. (2019). Effects of sleep on the realization of complex plans. JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH, 28(1). DOI
Altgassen, M., Koch, A., & Kliegel, M. (2019). Do Inhibitory Control Demands Affect Event-Based Prospective Memory Performance in ADHD?. JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS, 23(1), 51-56. DOI

2018

Folkerts, A.-K., Dorn, M. E., Roheger, M., Maassen, M., Koerts, J., Tucha, O., Altgassen, M., Sack, A. T., Smit, D., Haarmann, L., & Kalbe, E. (2018). Cognitive Stimulation for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Dementia Living in Long-Term Care: Preliminary Data from a Randomized Crossover Pilot Study. PARKINSONS DISEASE, 2018. DOI
Sheppard, D. P., Bruineberg, J. P., Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., & Altgassen, M. (2018). Prospective memory in autism: theory and literature review. CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST, 32(5), 748-782. DOI
Pereira, A., Altgassen, M., Atchison, L., de Mendonca, A., & Ellis, J. (2018). Sustaining Prospective Memory Functioning in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Lifespan Approach to the Critical Role of Encoding. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 32(5), 634-644. DOI
Vetter, N. C., Drauschke, M., Thieme, J., & Altgassen, M. (2018). Adolescent Basic Facial Emotion Recognition Is Not Influenced by Puberty or Own-Age Bias. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 9. DOI
Ring, M., Gaigg, S. B., Altgassen, M., Barr, P., & Bowler, D. M. (2018). Allocentric Versus Egocentric Spatial Memory in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 48(6), 2101-2111. DOI

2017

Altgassen, M., Kretschmer, A., & Schnitzspahn, K. M. (2017). Future thinking instructions improve prospective memory performance in adolescents. CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 23(5), 536-553. DOI
Yang, T.-X., Xie, W., Chen, C.-S., Altgassen, M., Wang, Y., Cheung, E. F. C., & Chan, R. C. K. (2017). The development of multitasking in children aged 7-12 years: Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal data. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 161, 63-80. DOI
Frankenmolen, N. L., Altgassen, M., Kessels, R., de Waal, M. M., Hindriksen, J.-A., Verhoeven, B., Fasotti, L., Scheres, A., Kessels, R. P. C., & Oosterman, J. M. (2017). Intelligence moderates the benefits of strategy instructions on memory performance: an adult-lifespan examination. AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION, 24(1), 45-61. DOI

2016

Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., & Altgassen, M. (2016). Event-based prospective memory across the lifespan: Do all age groups benefit from salient prospective memory cues?. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, 39, 103-112. DOI
Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., Ellis, J. A., & Altgassen, M. (2016). Effects of Episodic Future Thinking and Self-Projection on Children’s Prospective Memory Performance. PLOS ONE, 11(6). DOI
Altgassen, M., Ariese, L., Wester, A. J., & Kessels, R. P. C. (2016). Salient cues improve prospective remembering in Korsakoff’s syndrome. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 55(2), 123-136. DOI
Terrett, G., Rose, N. S., Henry, J. D., Bailey, P. E., Altgassen, M., Phillips, L. H., Kliegel, M., & Rendell, P. G. (2016). The relationship between prospective memory and episodic future thinking in younger and older adulthood. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 69(2), 310-323. DOI

2015

Sheppard, D. P., Kretschmer, A., Knispel, E., Vollert, B., & Altgassen, M. (2015). The Role of Extrinsic Rewards and Cue-Intention Association in Prospective Memory in Young Children. PLOS ONE, 10(10). DOI
Altgassen, M., Rendell, P. G., Bernhard, A., Henry, J. D., Bailey, P. E., Phillips, L. H., & Kliegel, M. (2015). Future thinking improves prospective memory performance and plan enactment in older adults. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 68(1), 192-204. DOI

2014

Bezdicek, O., Raskin, S. A., Altgassen, M., & Ruzicka, E. (2014). Assessment of Prospective Memory – a Validity Study of Memory for Intentions Screening Test. CESKA A SLOVENSKA NEUROLOGIE A NEUROCHIRURGIE, 77(4), 435-443. Author/Publisher URL
Altgassen, M., Vetter, N. C., Phillips, L. H., Akguen, C., & Kliegel, M. (2014). Theory of mind and switching predict prospective memory performance in adolescents. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 127, 163-175. DOI
Henry, J. D., Terrett, G., Altgassen, M., Raponi-Saunders, S., Ballhausen, N., Schnitzspahn, K. M., & Rendell, P. G. (2014). A Virtual Week study of prospective memory function in autism spectrum disorders. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 127, 110-125. DOI
Kretschmer, A., Altgassen, M., Rendell, P. G., & Bolte, S. (2014). Prospective memory in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: Exploring effects of implementation intentions and retrospective memory load. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 35(11), 3108-3118. DOI
Altgassen, M., Kretschmer, A., & Kliegel, M. (2014). Task Dissociation in Prospective Memory Performance in Individuals With ADHD. JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS, 18(7), 617-624. DOI
Voigt, B., Mahy, C. E. V., Ellis, J., Schnitzspahn, K., Krause, I., Altgassen, M., & Kliegel, M. (2014). The Development of Time-Based Prospective Memory in Childhood: The Role of Working Memory Updating. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 50(10), 2393-2404. DOI
Altgassen, M., & Kliegel, M. (2014). The role of executive functions and memory in intellectual disabilities. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 60(3), 121-121. DOI
Altgassen, M., & Koch, A. (2014). Impact of inhibitory load on remembering delayed intentions in autism. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 60(3), 198-204. DOI
Kretschmer, A., Lampmann, S.-A., & Altgassen, M. (2014). Relations between moral reasoning, theory of mind and executive functions in children with autism spectrum disorders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 60(3), 174-183. DOI
Hering, A., Cortez, S. A., Kliegel, M., & Altgassen, M. (2014). Revisiting the age-prospective memory-paradox: the role of planning and task experience. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING, 11(1), 99-106. DOI

2013

Terrett, G., Rendell, P. G., Raponi-Saunders, S., Henry, J. D., Bailey, P. E., & Altgassen, M. (2013). Episodic Future Thinking in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 43(11), 2558-2568. DOI
Vetter, N. C., Leipold, K., Kliegel, M., Phillips, L. H., & Altgassen, M. (2013). Ongoing development of social cognition in adolescence. CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 19(6), 615-629. DOI
Vetter, N. C., Altgassen, M., Phillips, L., Mahy, C. E. V., & Kliegel, M. (2013). Development of Affective Theory of Mind Across Adolescence: Disentangling the Role of Executive Functions. DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 38(2), 114-125. DOI

2012

Henry, J. D., Rendell, P. G., Rogers, P., Altgassen, M., & Kliegel, M. (2012). Prospective memory in schizophrenia and schizotypy. COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHIATRY, 17(2), 133-150. DOI
Altgassen, M., Koban, N., & Kliegel, M. (2012). Do Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Compensate in Naturalistic Prospective Memory Tasks?. JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 42(10), 2141-2151. DOI

2011

Altgassen, M., Henry, J. D., Buergler, S., & Kliegel, M. (2011). The influence of emotional target cues on prospective memory performance in depression. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 33(8), 910-916. DOI
Brandimonte, M. A., Filippello, P., Coluccia, E., Altgassen, M., & Kliegel, M. (2011). To do or not to do? Prospective memory versus response inhibition in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. MEMORY, 19(1), 56-66. DOI
Martin, M., Clare, L., Altgassen, A. M., Cameron, M. H., & Zehnder, F. (2011). Cognition-based interventions for healthy older people and people with mild cognitive impairment. COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, 1. DOI
Rendell, P. G., Phillips, L. H., Henry, J. D., Brumby-Rendell, T., Garcia, X. de la P., Altgassen, M., & Kliegel, M. (2011). Prospective memory, emotional valence and ageing. COGNITION & EMOTION, 25(5), 916-925. DOI
Kliegel, M., Altgassen, M., Hering, A., & Rose, N. S. (2011). A process-model based approach to prospective memory impairment in Parkinson’s disease. NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 49(8), 2166-2177. DOI
Wang, L., Altgassen, M., Liu, W., Xiong, W., Akguen, C., & Kliegel, M. (2011). Prospective Memory Across Adolescence: The Effects of Age and Cue Focality. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 47(1), 226-232. DOI

2010

Altgassen, M., Kliegel, M., Brandimonte, M., & Filippello, P. (2010). Are Older Adults More Social Than Younger Adults? Social Importance Increases Older Adults’ Prospective Memory Performance. AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION, 17(3), 312-328. DOI
Altgassen, M., Phillips, L. H., Henry, J. D., Rendell, P. G., & Kliegel, M. (2010). Emotional target cues eliminate age differences in prospective memory. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 63(6), 1057-1064. DOI
Zinke, K., Altgassen, M., Mackinlay, R. J., Rizzo, P., Drechsler, R., & Kliegel, M. (2010). Time-Based Prospective Memory Performance and Time-Monitoring in Children with ADHD. CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 16(4), 338-349. DOI
Zinke, K., Fries, E., Altgassen, M., Kirschbaum, C., Dettenborn, L., & Kliegel, M. (2010). Visuospatial Short-Term Memory Explains Deficits in Tower Task Planning in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 16(3), 229-241. DOI
Altgassen, M., Schmitz-Huebsch, M., & Kliegel, M. (2010). Event-based prospective memory performance in autism spectrum disorder. JOURNAL OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 2(1), 2-8. DOI

2009

Altgassen, M., Kliegel, M., & Martin, M. (2009). Event-based prospective memory in depression: The impact of cue focality. COGNITION & EMOTION, 23(6), 1041-1055. DOI
Zehnder, F., Martin, M., Altgassen, M., & Clare, L. (2009). Memory training effects in old age as markers of plasticity: A meta-analysis. RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE, 27(5), 507-520. DOI
Altgassen, M., Williams, T. I., Boelte, S., & Kliegel, M. (2009). Time-Based Prospective Memory in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. BRAIN IMPAIRMENT, 10(1), 52-58. DOI

2008

Altgassen, M., Kliegel, M., Rendell, P., Henry, J. D., & Zoellig, J. (2008). Prospective memory in schizophrenia:: The impact of varying retrospective-memory load. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 30(7), 777-788. DOI

2007

Altgassen, M., Phillips, L., Kopp, U., & Kliegel, M. (2007). Role of working memory components in planning performance of individuals with Parkinson’s disease. NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 45(10), 2393-2397. DOI
Zoellig, J., West, R., Martina, M., Altgassen, M., Lemke, U., & Kliegel, M. (2007). Neural correlates of prospective memory across the lifespan. NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 45(14), 3299-3314. DOI
Altgassen, M., Zoellig, J., Kopp, U., Mackinlay, R., & Kliegel, M. (2007). Patients with Parkinson’s disease can successfully remember to execute delayed intentions. JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 13(5), 888-892. DOI
Henry, J. D., Rendell, P. G., Kliegel, M., & Altgassen, M. (2007). Prospective memory in schizophrenia: Primary or secondary impairment?. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, 95(1-3), 179-185. DOI

2006

Martin, M., Clare, L., Altgassen, A. M., & Cameron, M. H. (2006). Cognition-based interventions for older people and people with mild cognitive impairment. Published online. DOI
Kliegel, M., & Altgassen, M. (2006). Interindividual differences in learning performance: The effects of age, intelligence, and strategic task approach. EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY, 32(2), 111-124. DOI

2005

Altgassen, M., Kliegel, M., & Williams, T. I. (2005). Pitch perception in children with autistic spectrum disorders. BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 23, 543-558. DOI

2003

Kliegel, M., Altgassen, M., Martin, M., & Kruse, A. (2003). Learning in old age: The importance of self-initiated structuring. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GERONTOLOGIE UND GERIATRIE, 36(6), 421-428. DOI

2007

Kliegel, M., McDaniel, M. A., … Einstein, G. O. (Eds.). (2007). Prospective Memory. Psychology Press. DOI

2023

Jansen, M. G., Zwiers, M. P., Marques, J. P., Chan, K.-S., Amelink, J. S., Altgassen, M., Oosterman, J. M., & Norris, D. G. (2023). The Advanced BRain Imaging on ageing and Memory (ABRIM) data collection: Study protocol and rationale. In openRxiv. DOI

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