Remembering the Grocery Shopping List: A Study on Metacognitive Biases

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-267

  Mazzoni, Giuliana ^a   Cornoldi, Cesare ^b   Tomat, Lucia ^b   Vecchi, Tomaso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 0039879056     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199706)11:3<253::aid-acp454>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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