"I'll remember this!" Effects of emotionality on memory predictions versus memory performance

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-253

  Zimmerman, Carissa A ^a   Kelley, Colleen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cued recall; Emotion; Free recall; Memory; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949262951     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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