The cognitive neuroscience of metamemory monitoring: Understanding metamemory processes, subjective levels expressed, and metacognitive accuracy

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition

Volumn 9783642451904, Issue , 2014, Pages 267-291

  Chua, Elizabeth F ^a,b   Pergolizzi, Denise ^a,b   Weintraub, R Rachel ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45190-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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