Age-related reduction of the confidence-accuracy relationship in episodic memory: Effects of recollection quality and retrieval monitoring

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1053-1065

  Wong, Jessica T ^a   Cramer, Stefanie J ^a   Gallo, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Distinctiveness; Metamemory; Monitoring; Recollection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874497373     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027686     Document Type: Article

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