"blockers" do not block recall during tip-of-the-tongue states

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-261

  Kornell, Nate ^a   Metcalfe, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocker; Incubation; Memory; Metacognition; Tip of the Tongue

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947144797     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-007-9003-z     Document Type: Article

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