Predictive feeling of knowing judgements and postdictive confidence judgements in eyewitness memory and general knowledge

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 371-382

  Perfect, T J ^a   Hollins, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001768380     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199610)10:5<371::aid-acp389>3.3.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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