Examining implicit metacognition in 3.5-year-old children: An eye-tracking and pupillometric study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Paulus, Markus ^a   Proust, Joelle ^b   Sodian, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Implicit; Memory; Metacognition; Preschool age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878807252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00145     Document Type: Article

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