Metacognition in prospective memory: Are performance predictions accurate?

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Schnitzspahn, Katharina M ^a   Zeintl, Melanie ^a   Jäger, Theodor ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Judgments of learning; Metacognition; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 79954540556     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022842     Document Type: Article

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