Remembering to execute a goal: Sleep on it!

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1028-1035

  Scullin, Michael K ^a   McDaniel, Mark A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Consolidation; Intentions; Interference; Memory; Prospective memory; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GOALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; SLEEP; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954821609     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610373373     Document Type: Article

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