The role of answer fluency and perceptual fluency as metacognitive cues for initiating analytic thinking

Cognition

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-251

  Thompson, Valerie A ^a   Turner, Jamie A Prowse ^a   Pennycook, Gordon ^b   Ball, Linden J ^c   Brack, Hannah ^c   Ophir, Yael ^d   Ackerman, Rakefet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dual process theories; Fluency monitoring and control; Metacognition; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANSWER FLUENCY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METACOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL FLUENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; THINKING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887628261     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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