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SUMMARY:Processes involved in remembering future intentions: Automatic or 
 controlled? - Dr Lia Kvavilashvili\, School of Psychology\, University of 
 Hertfordshire
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CONTACT:Marie Dixon
DESCRIPTION:Remembering to do things at a particular time in the future (t
 ake medication\, make phone calls\, switch off appliances) has been termed
  Prospective Memory\, and is vital for successful and independent function
 ing. Failure to remember can seriously disrupt everyday activities and hav
 e undesirable consequences in various settings (medical\, educational\, or
 ganisational) and populations (people with brain injury\, older adults). T
 herefore\, investigation of the mechanisms and processes in prospective me
 mory is of both theoretical and practical importance. This presentation wi
 ll report several studies examining the role of rehearsal and incidental r
 eminders on event-based prospective memory. Results showed that rehearsal 
 increases performance only if it occurs during the ongoing activity in whi
 ch prospective memory cue events could potentially be encountered. Moreove
 r\, any beneficial effects of rehearsal and incidental reminders disappear
 s if they are preceded by intensive rehearsal during a filler interval. Th
 ese counterintuitive findings shed light on possible processes that mediat
 e the successful retrieval of future intentions (automatic vs. controlled)
 .  
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Experimental Psychol
 ogy
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