Chiara Scarampi

• PhD
• Research and Teaching Fellow at University of Geneva

This desk review evaluates the current state of interventions for mental health and cognitive functioning among older adults in Switzerland focusing on the features of these interventions as well as on Swiss-specific contextual factors that contribute to vulnerability and stigma. The goal is to guide the development of effective, evidence-based int...

Cognitive offloading refers to the use of physical action and the external environment to simplify mental demand. One form of this – intention offloading – involves the use of external reminders to support delayed intentions. Both beliefs of poor memory ability and a preference to avoid cognitive effort lead to offloading intentions rather than usi...

Inter‐brain synchrony occurs between individuals who feel connected socially, but how synchrony relates to felt connectedness under naturalistic social interaction has remained enigmatic. We hypothesized that inter‐brain synchrony between naturally interacting individuals might be associated with the internalization of a social identity, a link bet...

Hearing impairment affects a growing number of older adults and is associated with worse cognitive aging outcomes. However, the mechanisms linking hearing impairment and cognition are complex, and the role of potential moderating factors remains underexplored. This study examined whether social isolation and loneliness profiles (e.g., non-isolated...

Prospective Memory (PM) represents a central cognitive ability that enables individuals to remember to perform intended actions in the future, such as remembering to bring completed homework to school, to pay bills on time, or to take medication after breakfast. Due to its importance for everyday functioning, PM has been associated with outcomes su...

Research into prospective memory suggests that older adults may face particular difficulties remembering delayed intentions. One way to mitigate these difficulties is by using external reminders but relatively little is known about age-related differences in such cognitive offloading strategies. We examined younger and older adults’ (N = 88) perfor...

Saving information onto external resources can improve memory for subsequent information—a phenomenon known as the saving‐enhanced memory effect. This article reports two preregistered online experiments investigating (A) whether this effect holds when to‐be‐remembered information is presented before the saved information and (B) whether people cho...

Saving information onto external resources can improve memory for subsequent information. This article reports two preregistered online experiments investigating A) whether the saving-enhanced memory effect holds when to-be-remembered information is presented before the saved information and B) whether people typically choose the most advantageous...

How do we remember delayed intentions? Three decades of research into prospective memory have provided insight into the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved in this form of memory. However, we depend on more than just our brains to remember intentions. We also use external props and tools such as calendars and diaries, strategically placed obje...

Research into prospective memory suggests that older adults may face particular difficulties remembering delayed intentions. One way to mitigate these difficulties is by using external reminders but relatively little is known about age-related changes in such cognitive offloading strategies. We examined younger and older adults’ (N=88) performance...

How do we remember delayed intentions? Three decades of research into prospective memory have provided insight into the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved in this form of memory. However, we depend on more than just our brains to remember intentions. We also use external props and tools such as calendars and diaries, strategically-placed obje...

The present study investigated age differences in the ability to predict prospective memory (PM) performance. A sample of younger (N = 88) and older (N = 88) participants completed an event-based PM task embedded in an ongoing task. Metamemory was measured by asking participants to predict their performance before completing the PM task and complet...

Previous research has shown that older adults can have difficulty remembering to fulfill delayed intentions. In the present study, we explored whether age differences in prospective memory are affected when participants are permitted to set reminders to help them remember. Furthermore, we examined whether metacognition can influence the use of such...

Previous research has shown that older adults can have difficulty remembering to fulfil delayed intentions. In the present study, we explored whether age differences in prospective memory are affected when participants are permitted to set reminders to help them remember. Furthermore, we examined whether metacognition can influence the use of such...

The technological advancement that is rapidly taking place in today’s society allows increased opportunity for “cognitive offloading” by storing information in external devices rather than relying on internal memory. This opens the way to fundamental questions regarding the interplay between internal and external memory and the potential benefits a...

The technological advancement that is rapidly taking place in today’s society allows increased opportunity for “cognitive offloading” by storing information in external devices rather than relying on internal memory. This opens the way to fundamental questions regarding the interplay between internal and external memory and the potential benefits a...