The failure of deactivating intentions: Aftereffects of completed intentions in the repeated prospective memory cue paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1030-1044

  Walser, Moritz ^a   Fischer, Rico ^a   Goschke, Thomas ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deactivation failure; Intention; Intention deactivation; Intention superiority effect; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84867201242     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027000     Document Type: Article

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