Inhibition in goal systems: A retrieval-induced forgetting account

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 857-865

  Mc Culloch, Kathleen C ^a   Aarts, Henk ^b   Fujita, Kentaro ^c   Bargh, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal pursuit; Goal structure; Inhibition; Retrieval induced forgetting; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549163244     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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