This text collects together research on prospective memory. It addresses the areas where the methods and theories from retrospective memory literature are useful and where they are inadequate. Each section of the book is followed by a commentary which presents critical analyses of the chapters.

Contents: Preface. Part I: Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval in Prospective Memory.J. Ellis, Prospective Memory or the Realization of Delayed Intentions: A Conceptual Framework for Research. L. Kvavilashvili, J. Ellis, Varieties of Intention: Some Distinctions and Classifications. T. Goschke, J. Kuhl, Remembering What to Do: Explicit and Implicit Memory for Intentions. T. Mäntylä, Activating Actions and Interrupting Intentions: Mechanisms of Retrieval Sensitization in Prospective Memory. G.O. Einstein, M.A. McDaniel, Retrieval Processes in Prospective Memory: Theoretical Approaches and Some New Empirical Findings. R.G. Crowder, Commentary: The Trouble With Prospective Memory: a Provocation. H.L. Roediger, III, Commentary: Prospective Memory and Episodic Memory. R.R. Hunt, R.E. Smith, Commentary: Representations May Be Restrictive: Where Is the Feeling of Prospective Memory? Part II: Aging and Prospective Memory.E.A. Maylor, Does Prospective Memory Decline with Age? A.R. Dobbs, M.B. Reeves, Prospective Memory: More Than Memory. F.I.M. Craik, S.A. Kerr, Commentary: Prospective Memory, Aging, and Lapses of Intention. P. Rabbitt, Commentary: Why Are Studies of "Prospective Memory" Planless? Part III: Neuropsychology of Prospective Memory.E.L. Glisky, Prospective Memory and the Frontal Lobes. J.D. Cohen, R.C. O'Reilly, A Preliminary Theory of the Interactions Between Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus that Contribute to Planning and Prospective Memory. P.S. Bisiacchi, The Neuropsychological Approach in the Study of Prospective Memory. T. Shallice, Commentary: The Neuropsychology of Prospective Memory. Part IV: Applications: Using and Improving Prospective Memory in Real World Settings.J. Cockburn, Assessment and Treatment of Prospective Memory Deficits. C.J. Camp, J.W. Foss, A.B. Stevens, A.M. O'Hanlon, Improving Prospective Memory Task Performance in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease. D.C. Park, D.P. Kidder, Prospective Memory and Medication Adherence. D. Herrmann, Commentary: Improving Prospective Memory.

"...I recommend this book to anyone interested in the phenomena of prospective memory, who wants a thought-provoking up-to-date review of research in the area together with generally clear-headed theoretical discussion from researchers who have made major contributions to our understanding of prospective memory or memory in general."—Neuropsychologia