Stability in the metamemory realism of eyewitness confidence judgments

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-53

  Buratti, Sandra ^a   Allwood, Carl Martin ^a   Johansson, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calibration; Confidence; Confidence accuracy; Eyewitness memory; Metamemory; Realism of confidence; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895076245     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-013-0576-y     Document Type: Article

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