At the Crossroads of Time and Action: A Temporal Discounting Primer for Prospective Memory Researchers

Authors

T. S. Critchfield
Gregory J. Madden, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Timing the Future: The Case for a Time-Based Prospective Memory

Publisher

World Scientific

Publication Date

2006

First Page

117

Last Page

142

Abstract

In this volume, leading researchers bring together current work on time perception and time-based prospective memory in order to understand how people time their intentions. This is the first account of many important topics concerning the timing of behavior, offered by scientists of diverse fields who in the past have exhibited an attitude of mutual 'benign neglect'. An explication of the rules which govern timing the future are of fundamental interest to anyone who wishes to explore the potential of human experience.

Prospective memory — especially time-based — is a relatively unexplored way to study memory and few studies have been devoted to its neurobiological foundations. This volume aims to fill this void and will boost further interest in the field, while stimulating interdisciplinary research.

Comments

Originally published by World Scientific. Chapter fulltext not available online. Book can be purchased through remote link.

Recommended Citation

Critchfield, T., & Madden, G. J. (2006). At the crossroads of time and action: A temporal discounting primer for prospective memory researchers. In. J. Glickson & M.S. Myslobodsky (Eds.), Timing the Future: The Case for a Time-Based Prospective Memory (pp. 117-142). Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific.