The intention interference effect: The difficulty of ignoring what you intend to do

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Cohen, Anna Lisa ^a   Kantner, Justin ^b   Dixon, Roger A ^c   Lindsay, D Stephen ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intention superiority effect; Prospective memory; Representations of intentions; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84255209633     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000110     Document Type: Article

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