The effects of list composition and perceptual fluency on judgments of learning (JOLs)

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1000-1011

  Susser, Jonathan A ^a   Mulligan, Neil W ^a   Besken, Miri ^a  

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

Author keywords

Design effects; Metamemory; Perceptual fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84884575148     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0323-8     Document Type: Article

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