Confidence and memory: Assessing positive and negative correlations

Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-91

  Roediger III, Henry L ^a   DeSoto, K Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorised lists; Confidence; Memory accuracy; Metacognition; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891346206     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2013.795974     Document Type: Article

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