Illusions of competence during study can be remedied by manipulations that enhance learners' sensitivity to retrieval conditions at test

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 959-972

  Koriat, Asher ^a   Bjork, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORESIGHT BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNAL BIAS; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; RECALL BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 33745062484     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193244     Document Type: Article

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