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pubmed:abstractText |
Prospective memory (PM), the act of remembering that something has to be done in the future without any explicit prompting to recall, provides a useful framework with which to examine problems in internal-source monitoring. This is because it requires distinguishing between two internally-generated processes, namely the intention to perform an action versus actual performance of the action. In habitual tasks, such as taking medicine every few hours, the same PM task is performed regularly and thus it is essential that the individual is able to distinguish thoughts (i.e., thinking about taking the medicine) from actions (i.e., actually taking the medicine).
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pubmed:affiliation |
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bldg, 10, Rm, 4S235, MSC 1379, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. elvevaab@intra.nimh.nih.gov
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