Afterword

Abstract

The ability to efficiently execute our future intentions (i.e., prospective memory) is a hallmark of successful human functioning. In this book, we highlighted several topics in the field of prospective memory that we believe are of interest to researchers in this field and beyond. This book began in Chap. 1 by highlighting the challenges of finding a satisfactory definition of prospective memory and a framework that captured this construct in all its diversity. Throughout the book, we draw attention to a range of issues including the neuroscience of prospective memory, contributions of computational models to our understanding, output monitoring processes, and finally implementation intentions and their thematic similarities to prospective memory. In this chapter, we lay out some final thoughts and point out several topics that may provide fruitful avenues for future consideration.