Metacognition in later adulthood: Spared monitoring can benefit older adults' self-regulation

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Hertzog, Christopher ^a   Dunlosky, John ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive control; metacognition; monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957818198     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411409026     Document Type: Review

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