In Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT), specific stimuli that predict particular outcomes can trigger instrumental responses associated with those outcomes. In this research project, we tested whether an outcome-specific PIT effect can be observed in minimal conditions where the link between Pavlovian cues and instrumental responses is disrupted using cognitive load and directed forgetting manipulations. In total, participants are randomly assigned to three different conditions: (1) a computer crash condition with cognitive load; (2) a computer crash condition without cognitive load; and (3) a no computer crash condition with cognitive load. We trained participants to learn different cue and outcome pairs in the first (Pavlovian) phase and then instructed one group to forget the cue-outcome pairs due to a fake computer crash. In the second phase, we presented them with the cues and asked them to perform the actions with or without cognitive load. Previous results have shown outcome-specific PIT effects in the crash conditions compared to the standard task with no crash. We expect to replicate a significant PIT effect in this study, and we also expect that the PIT effect in the crash condition with cognitive load will be significant. While we have no specific predictions for the cognitive load manipulation (comparison of Condition 1 with Condition 2), it could either increase or decrease the magnitude of the PIT effect.