Mending metacognitive illusions: A comparison of mnemonic-based and theory-based procedures

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1133-1145

  Koriat, Asher ^a   Bjork, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foresight bias; Illusions of competence; Judgments of learning (JOLs); Metacognition; Transfer of learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748415467     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1133     Document Type: Article

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