Memory Monitoring by Animals and Humans

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-250

  Smith, J David ^a,b   Shields, Wendy E ^a,b   Allendoerfer, Kenneth R ^a,b   Washburn, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; SERIAL LEARNING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032162169     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.127.3.227     Document Type: Article

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