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What processes allow us to execute delayed intentions?
Children are famously bad at remembering to do things - for example, taking out the trash. What exactly is the developmental trajectory of the ability to remember and execute planned actions (known as prospective memory)?
Prospective memory involves remembering to remember - in other words, successfully executing a planned intention after having completed an unrelated task.
Prospective memory is "remembering to remember." Despite the pervasiveness of this requirement in real-life, we know surprisingly little about the topic.