The adaptive nature of children's overestimation in a strategic memory task

Cognitive Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-212

  Shin, HyeEun ^a   Bjorklund, David F ^b   Beck, Erinn F ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Overestimation; Strategic memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247165057     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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