Appearances can be deceiving: Instructor fluency increases perceptions of learning without increasing actual learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1350-1356

  Carpenter, Shana K ^a   Wilford, Miko M ^a   Kornell, Nate ^b   Mullaney, Kellie M ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency; Memory; Metacognition; Overconfidence; Processing ease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84885752591     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0442-z     Document Type: Article

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