Failing to forget: Prospective memory commission errors can result from spontaneous retrieval and impaired executive control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 965-971

  Scullin, Michael K ^a,b   Bugg, Julie M ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commission errors; Executive control; Fatigue; Prospective memory; Spontaneous retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881252187     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029198     Document Type: Article

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