Effects of study list composition on the word frequency effect and metacognitive attributions in recognition memory

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 883-899

  Higham, Philip A ^a   Bruno, Davide ^a   Perfect, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Recognition memory; Rejection processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 78649712780     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.517757     Document Type: Article

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