Comprehension as a Basis for Metacognitive Judgments: Effects of Effort After Meaning on Recall and Metacognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 552-557

  Zaromb, Franklin M ^a   Karpicke, Jeffrey D ^b   Roediger III, Henry L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehension; learning; memory; metacognition; recall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77649227834     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018277     Document Type: Article

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