Friday, October 22, 2010

Memory is so interesting

I read it, and I got a shock!

A failure in prospective memory can result in:

After a change in his usual routine, an adoring father forgot to turn toward the day care centre and instead drove his usual route to work at the university. Several hours later, his infant son, who had been quietly asleep in the back seat, was dead. (Einstein & McDaniel, 2005, p. 286)

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