Fig. 2

Procedure of the prospective memory paradigms. Each prospective memory task (i.e., event-based, or time-based) consists of an ongoing task (a 1-back task) either alone or in combination with a prospective memory task, where participants additionally need to respond to certain events (here: animals) or after a certain amount of time has passed (here: every minute). In the incentive group, participants will start with an initial amount of money (i.e., 5 Swiss Francs per task) and they will lose 0.50 Swiss Francs for every missed event or for every missed time-point