Children’s and adults’ judgments of the controllability of cognitive activities

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-244

  Pillow, Bradford H ^a   Pearson, RaeAnne M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic processes; Cognitive development; Controlled processes; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933674268     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-014-9122-2     Document Type: Article

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