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INTENTION SUPERIORITY EFFECT [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

In a key set of experiments on this question, [the authors] reported an "intention-superiority effect" in which the content of an intention appears to be held in a higher state of activation than other types of information in memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Effet [mésique] qui se manifeste par des temps de réponse à une tâche [attendus] plus courts que les temps de réponse à une tâche non associée à une telle intention ou encore dont l'intention de réalisation a été annulée.

Spanish

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