Research report: Embodiment meets metamemory: Weight as a Cue for Metacognitive Judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1628-1634

  Alban, Michael W ^a   Kelley, Colleen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Judgments of learning; Metacognition; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SELF EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADULT; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883751663     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032420     Document Type: Article

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