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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL
Volume 134, Issue 3, Pages 327-342Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.134.3.327
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prospective memory; monitoring theory; spontaneous retrieval theory; multiprocess theory
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Theoretically, prospective memory retrieval can be accomplished either by controlled monitoring of the environment for a target event or by a more reflexive process that spontaneously responds to the presence of a target event. These views were evaluated in Experiments 1-4 by examining whether performing a prospective memory task produced costs on the speed of performing the ongoing task. In Experiment 5, the authors directly tested for the existence of spontaneous retrieval. The results supported the multiprocess theory (M. A. McDaniel & G. O. Einstein, 2000) predictions that (a) spontaneous retrieval can occur and can support good prospective memory and (b) depending on task demands and individual differences, people rely to different degrees on monitoring versus spontaneous retrieval for prospective remembering.
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