title: The intention interference effect.
abstract: Intentions have been shown to be more accessible (e.g., more quickly and accurately recalled) compared to other sorts of to-be-remembered information; a result termed an intention superiority effect (Goschke & Kuhl, 1993). In the current study, we demonstrate an intention interference effect (IIE) in which color-naming performance in a Stroop task was slower for words belonging to an intention that participants had to remember to carry out (Do-the-Task condition) versus an intention that did not have to be executed (Ignore-the-Task condition). In previous work (e.g., Cohen et al., 2005), having a prospective intention in mind was confounded with carrying a memory load. In Experiment 1, we added a digit-retention task to control for effects of cognitive load. In Experiment 2, we eliminated the memory confound in a new way, by comparing intention-related and control words within each trial. Results from both Experiments 1 and 2 revealed an IIE suggesting that interference is very specific to the intention, not just to a memory load.
authors: Department of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10033, USA. acohen11@yu.edu
authors: Anna-Lisa
authors: AL
authors: Cohen
authors: Justin
authors: J
authors: Kantner
authors: Roger A
authors: RA
authors: Dixon
authors: D Stephen
authors: DS
authors: Lindsay
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