The confidence-hindsight mirror effect in judgment: An accuracy-assessment model for the knew-it-all-along phenomenon

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 415-431

  Winman, Anders ^a   Juslin, Peter ^a   Björkman, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032384314     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.2.415     Document Type: Article

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