Changing Behavior by Memory Aids: A Social Psychological Model of Prospective Memory and Habit Development Tested With Dynamic Field Data

Psychological Review

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-438

  Tobias, Robert ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

behavior change; computer simulation; habit development; prospective memory; time series data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABIT; HUMAN; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REMINDER SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CUBA; HABITS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 65349167176     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015512     Document Type: Article

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