Memory Predictions Are Influenced by Perceptual Information: Evidence for Metacognitive Illusions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-625

  Rhodes, Matthew G ^a   Castel, Alan D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

judgments of learning; memory; metacognition; metamemory; perceptual cues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; READING; RECALL;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 57349111169     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013684     Document Type: Article

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