Prospective Memory and What Costs Do Not Reveal About Retrieval Processes: A Commentary on Smith, Hunt, McVay, and McConnell (2007)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1082-1088

  Einstein, Gilles O ^a   McDaniel, Mark A ^b  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Multiprocess theory; Preparatory attentional processes; Prospective memory; Spontaneous retrieval

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL;

ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 77954163107     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019184     Document Type: Note

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