Prospective memory: Effects of divided attention on spontaneous retrieval

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 212-224

  Harrison, Tyler L ^a,b   Mullet, Hillary G ^a,c   Whiffen, Katie N ^a   Ousterhout, Hunter ^a   Einstein, Gilles O ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Prospective memory; Spontaneous retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893598231     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0357-y     Document Type: Article

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