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Remembering Intentions has been updated and extended! The new book includes several new chapters, covering short-term memory and attention problems, forgetting what you are doing, and motivational issues.
Table of Contents
Why read this book?
What this book is about
What this book should do for you
How memory works and why it sometimes fails
Memories are made of this
Why people fail to remember
Know thyself: a quiz
Remembering to do things
Memory for future actions is different from other types of memory
Retrospective memory
Forgetting routine actions is not a failure of memory
Short-term goals and short-term memory
Working memory
Working memory and attention
Age and attention
Forgetting what you’re doing
Short-term memory problems are attention problems
Action sequences are why we make action slips
Common types of action slip
Situations when action slips are most likely
Have I done it already?
What makes some people more prone to absent-minded errors?
How to prevent action slips
Structuring your goals
A hierarchy of goals
Ordering your goals
The problem of suspended intentions
Circumstances that affect your remembering
Event-based retrieval cues are better than time-based
Is being too busy a valid excuse?
Wanting to remember is not enough!
Timing and complexity
Are some people better at remembering intentions?
Age differences
Individual differences
General strategies for remembering intentions
Strategies people use
Effective strategies for remembering intentions
Mental strategies for better recall
Using environmental memory aids
Strategies for specific tasks
Remembering appointments
Remembering anniversaries and birthdays
Remembering arrangements
Remembering errands and chores
Remembering to take medicine
Your master strategy
Assessing memory tasks
Deciding on your memory strategies
Worksheet
It’s not all about memory
We fail to achieve intentions for many reasons
Believing in your abilities
The bottom line
