ABSTRACT

As the preceding chapters in this book have shown, there has been increased understanding of the processes involved in prospective remembering within recent years. In line with this development, there has been increasing interest in a better understanding and treatment of prospective memory disorders in clinical settings, given that many day-to-day activities of patients involve the ability to remember performing an intention in the future (e.g., remembering to take medication or remembering to go to physiotherapy at the appropriate time) and that this ability is critical for social integration and independent living (Kinsella, Murtagh, & Landry, 1996).