Evaluating the mind's eye: The metacognition of visual imagery

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1535-1542

  Pearson, Joel ^a,b   Rademaker, Rosanne L ^a,c   Tong, Frank ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

binocular rivalry; bistable perception; cognition; consciousness; individual differences; introspection; mental imagery; metacognition; short term memory; visual attention; visual memory; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055168340     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611417134     Document Type: Article

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