This study analyzes the intention superiority effect (ISE). The ISE (Goschke & Kuhl, 1993) is defined as faster access time to the contents related to information learned as a part of a to-be-executed task (prospective memory) than to information learned not as a part of a to-be executed task (neutral contents). The experiment is a replica of the ISE using the Goschke and Kuhl procedure. The ISE was replicated in the measure prior to the execution of the action. Furthermore, the ISE disappeared after the execution of the intention.

Key words: motivation, intention, prospective memory, intentional superiority effect