Easily perceived, easily remembered? Perceptual interference produces a double dissociation between metamemory and memory performance

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 897-903

  Besken, Miri ^a   Mulligan, Neil W ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamemory; Perceptual fluency; Perceptual interference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880742922     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0307-8     Document Type: Article

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