Strategic offloading of delayed intentions into the external environment

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 971-992

  Gilbert, Sam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Intentions; Internet; Metacognition; Prospective memory; Reminders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928756780     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.972963     Document Type: Article

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