"I know I know it, I know I saw it": The stability of the confidence-accuracy relationship across domains

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-88

  Bornstein, Brian H ^a   Zickafoose, Douglas J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002564607     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.5.1.76     Document Type: Article

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