Tip-of-the-tongue states and aging: Contrasting psycholinguistic and metacognitive perspectives

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-391

  Schwartz, Bennett L ^a   Frazier, Leslie D ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Metacognition; Tip of the tongue states

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644578857     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.132.4.377-391     Document Type: Article

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