Perceptual blurring and recognition memory: A desirable difficulty effect revealed

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-22

  Rosner, Tamara M ^a,b   Davis, Hanae ^a   Milliken, Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desirable difficulty; Metamemory; Perceptual disfluency; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METACOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934277205     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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