Context Affects Feeling-of-Knowing Accuracy in Younger and Older Adults

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-108

  Thomas, Ayanna K ^a   Bulevich, John B ^b   Dubois, Stacey J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Episodic memory; Feeling of knowing; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251481842     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021612     Document Type: Article

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