The cost of remembering to remember: Cognitive load and implementation intentions influence ongoing task performance

Prospective Memory: Cognitive, Neuroscience, Developmental, and Applied Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 367-390

  Cohen, Anna Lisa ^a   Goll Witzer, Peter M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920428499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809945     Document Type: Chapter

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