Illusions of Learning: Irrelevant Emotions Inflate Judgments of Learning

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-158

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Alquist, Jessica L ^b   Vohs, Kathleen D ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Learning; Perceived learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925273137     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1836     Document Type: Article

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