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Sequential-Action Planning

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Everyday action often consists of multiple components. This chapter considers the additional demands on planning processes provided by sequential actions. It discusses evidence that people often plan ahead more than one element of multi-element actions and reviews models that explain how multiple elements can be properly sequenced. It is also pointed out that the degree to which action sequences are planned ahead depends on various factors, including the length of the sequence, the task requirements, and practice.

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    Bernhard Hommel & Stephen B. R. E. Brown

  2. Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Dieter Nattkemper

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Hommel, B., Brown, S.B.R.E., Nattkemper, D. (2016). Sequential-Action Planning. In: Human Action Control. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09244-7_7

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