Prospective memory, the ability to perform an intended action in the future, is an essential aspect of goal-directed behavior. Intentions influence our behavior and shape the way we process and interact with our environment. One important question for research on prospective memory and goal-directed behavior is whether this influence stops after the intention has been completed successfully. Are intention representations deactivated from memory after their completion, and if so, how? Here, we systematically review 20 years of research on intention deactivation and so-called aftereffects of completed intentions across different research fields to offer an integrative perspective on this topic. We first introduce the currently dominant accounts of aftereffects (inhibition vs. retrieval) and illustrate the paradigms, findings, and interpretations that these accounts developed from. We then review the evidence for each account based on the extant research in these paradigms. While early studies proposed a rapid deactivation or even inhibition of completed intentions, more recent studies mostly suggested that intentions continue to be retrieved even after completion and interfere with subsequent performance. Although these accounts of aftereffects seem mutually exclusive, we will show that they might be two sides of the same coin. That is, intention deactivation and the occurrence of aftereffects are modulated by a multitude of factors that either foster a rapid deactivation or lead to continued retrieval of completed intentions. Lastly, we outline future directions and novel experimental procedures for research on mechanisms and modulators of intention deactivation and discuss practical implications of our findings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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已完成的前瞻性记忆意图的后遗症和失活：系统评价。


前瞻性记忆，即在未来执行预期行动的能力，是目标导向行为的一个重要方面。意图影响我们的行为并塑造我们处理环境以及与环境互动的方式。研究前瞻记忆和目标导向行为的一个重要问题是，这种影响是否在意图成功完成后停止。意图表征完成后是否会从记忆中停用？如果是，是如何停用的？在这里，我们系统地回顾了20年来不同研究领域关于意图失活和所谓的已完成意图的后遗症的研究，以提供对该主题的综合视角。我们首先介绍目前占主导地位的后遗症描述（抑制与恢复），并说明这些描述所源自的范式、发现和解释。然后，我们根据这些范式的现有研究来审查每个帐户的证据。虽然早期的研究提出，已完成的意图会迅速失活甚至受到抑制，但最近的研究大多表明，即使在完成后，意图仍会继续被检索，并干扰随后的表现。尽管这些后遗症的描述似乎是相互排斥的，但我们将证明它们可能是同一枚硬币的两面。也就是说，意图失活和后遗症的发生受到多种因素的调节，这些因素要么促进快速失活，要么导致继续恢复已完成的意图。最后，我们概述了意图失活机制和调节剂研究的未来方向和新颖的实验程序，并讨论了我们的研究结果的实际意义。 （PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2019 APA，保留所有权利）。