Intuition, reason, and metacognition

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 107-140

  Thompson, Valerie A ^a   Prowse Turner, Jamie A ^a   Pennycook, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic thinking; Dual Process Theories; Intuition; Metacognition; Reasoning; Retrospective confidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

EID: 79960693149     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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