On the Role of Individual Items in Recognition Memory and Metacognition: Challenges for Signal Detection Theory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1123-1136

  Busey, Thomas A ^a   Arici, Anne ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

faces; metacognition; recognition memory; signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68949217031     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016646     Document Type: Article

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