Evidence for spontaneous retrieval of suspended but not finished prospective memories |
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Authors: | Michael K. Scullin Gilles O. Einstein Mark A. McDaniel |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130–4899, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613, USA |
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Abstract: | McDaniel and Einstein (2007) argued that prospective memories can be retrieved through spontaneous retrieval processes stimulated by the presence of a target cue. To test this claim, we investigated whether presenting a prospective memory cue during a task that did not require an intention to be performed spontaneously triggered remembering of that intention. In two experiments, participants performed an image-rating task in which a prospective memory task (to press the “Q” key when a target word appeared) was embedded. Then, participants were told that their intention was finished or suspended. Finally, participants performed a lexical decision task in which each target (and a matched control) word appeared. RTs were slower to target words than to control words when the intention was suspended but not when it was finished. These results suggest that target cues associated with suspended intentions can spontaneously trigger remembering but that finished intentions are quickly deactivated. |
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