PMAPS – Prospective Memory and Planning Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An investigation of the relationship between prospective memory capacity and planning deficits among long-term opiate users
IRAS ID
158580
Contact name
Nicholas Little
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
London South Bank University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 30 days
Research summary
The purpose of this study is to better understand the relationship between planning and prospective memory among long-term opiate users.
Planning is an executive function of the brain that allows us to reflect upon and order the activities or steps that would be required to achieve a particular goal (such as taking medication at the correct time or attending a scheduled appointment).
Prospective memory is a form of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned course of action at the appropriate time. Examples include remembering to take your medication with breakfast or remembering to attend a fortnightly medical appointment on Thursdays at 3pm.
Opiates describes a class of illicit substances derived from the opium poppy. Common examples include heroin, morphine, codeine or opium itself.
This study will compare long-term opiate users with individuals who have no history of substance misuse in order to better understand if long-term opiate use has an effect on an individual’s ability to make a plan for a future course of action and then remember to perform that plan of action at the appropriate moment.
REC name
East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/EE/1218
Date of REC Opinion
23 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion