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

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·The Cost of Remember~ng

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Cognitive Load and Implementatfon Intentions Influence- Ongofng

Task Performance

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ANNA-LISA COREN

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Department of_Psyc~ology New York _Uni~ersity

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PETER M. GOLLWI'fZER

Department of Psyehology New York University and University ofKorstanz

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magine the following scenario: You need to remember to execute an

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tant intention, such as turning off your cell phone before animportan~meet- ing. In the past, you may have been embarrassed by the failure to c01nplete such an intention, thereby disturbing an entire room of colleagues, not t~ men- tion the invited speaker. Therefore, you are especially determined to succ~ssfully

complete this goal. However, at the same time, you may need to keep your:phone . activated until the last possible minute because of an impending vital phope call", from a family member. How do you successfully fulfill these conHictingobje~tives?

Cognitively speaking, are there differential attentional requirements (more! or less resources) depending on the quality or complexity of the intention? Ar~ there strategies one can employ to ensure a higher likelihood of fulfilling an intention while reducing the resources required to execute it? In this chapter, we describe research that attempts to answer such questions.

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First publ. in: Prospective memory: Cognitive, neuroscience, developmental, and applied perspectives / ed. by Matthias Kliegel ...

New York: Erlbaum, 2008, pp. 367-390

Konstanzer Online-Publikations-System (KOPS) URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-61225

URL: http://kops.ub.uni-konstanz.de/volltexte/2009/6122

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