The metamemory approach to confidence: A test using semantic memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-77

  Brewer, William F ^a   Sampaio, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceptive geography items; Memory confidence; Metacognition; Metamemory; Semantic memory; Semantic memory confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862259182     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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