The difficulty of letting go: Moderators of the deactivation of completed intentions

Psychological Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-583

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

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902792608     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-013-0509-5     Document Type: Article

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