Prospective Memory Theory and Applications [Paperback]

Devoted exclusively to prospective memory, this volume organizes the research and thoughts of the important contributors to the field in one comprehensive resource. The chapter authors not only focus on their own work, but also review other research areas and address those where the methods and theories from the retrospective memory literature are useful and where they fall short. Each section is followed by at least one commentary written by a prominent scholar in the field of memory. The commentators present critical analyses of the chapters, note ideas that they found particularly exciting, and use these ideas as a foundation on which to elaborate their own views of prospective memory.

This volume will stimulate the thinking of active prospective memory researchers, provide a coherent organization of the area for the increasing number of people who are interested in prospective memory but who are not yet actively conducting research in the area, and serve as a book of readings for upper division seminars.
Contents: Preface. Part I: Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval in Prospective Memory.J. Ellis,Prospective Memory or the Realization of Delayed Intentions: A Conceptual Framework for Research. L. Kvavilashvili, J. Ellis,Varieties of Intention: Some Distinctions and Classifications. T. Goschke, J. Kuhl,Remembering What to Do: Explicit and Implicit Memory for Intentions. T. Mäntylä,Activating Actions and Interrupting Intentions: Mechanisms of Retrieval Sensitization in Prospective Memory. G.O. Einstein, M.A. McDaniel,Retrieval Processes in Prospective Memory: Theoretical Approaches and Some New Empirical Findings. R.G. Crowder,Commentary: The Trouble With Prospective Memory: a Provocation. H.L. Roediger, III,Commentary: Prospective Memory and Episodic Memory. R.R. Hunt, R.E. Smith,CommentarylSÜ