Memory control and prospective memory tasks

Encoding or retrieval is deliberately shaped by instruction: an item is to be forgotten, suppressed, related to the self, or an intention is to be executed later; the effect on later memory or on intention completion is the measure.

This family contains 4 tasks.

Task	Short definition	Processes
Directed Forgetting Task	Study-phase cues instruct participants to remember or forget specific items or lists; later memory tests index…	5
Prospective Memory Task	Participants perform an ongoing task while remembering to execute a deferred intention when a target event occ…	4
Self-Referential Encoding Task	Participants judge whether trait adjectives describe themselves vs. another person or a semantic property; the…	4
Think/No-Think Task	Cue words are presented with instructions to either retrieve or suppress their learned associate; later memory…	5

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The filing of these tasks is a judgement call; the note says why they are here and where else they could go.

Task	Note
Prospective Memory Task	Execute a deferred intention during an ongoing task; the only prospective paradigm in the catalog