Magnitude and accuracy differences between judgements of remembering and forgetting

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2231-2257

  Serra, Michael J ^a   England, Benjamin D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Framing; Judgements of learning; Metacognition; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84867854974     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.685081     Document Type: Article

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