Multiple bases for young and older adults' judgments of learning in multitrial learning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 474-483

  Tauber, Sarah K ^a   Rhodes, Matthew G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory for past tests (MPT; Metacognition; Metamemory; underconfidence withpractice (UWP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864653660     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025246     Document Type: Article

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