Consequences of restudy choices in younger and older learners

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 743-749

  Tullis, Jonathan G ^a   Benjamin, Aaron S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Item selection; Metacognition; Metacognitive control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864099042     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0266-2     Document Type: Article

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