Feeling-of-knowing judgments do not predict subsequent recognition performance for eyewitness memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-264

  Perfect, Timothy J ^a,b   Hollins, Tara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000000891     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.5.3.250     Document Type: Article

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