Metacognition influences item-method directed forgetting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1309-1324

  Foster, Nathaniel L ^a   Sahakyan, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Control processes; Directed forgetting; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84872676545     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027868     Document Type: Article

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