Fluctuations of answer and confidence rating in a general-knowledge problem task: Is confidence rating a result of direct memory-relevant output monitoring?

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-103

  Saito, Masahiko ^a  

^a Mimasaka University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confidence rating; Consciousness; Fluctuation of meta cognition; General knowledge; Response fluctuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032283370     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00079     Document Type: Article

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