Metamemory monitoring and control following retrieval practice for text

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-98

  Little, Jeri L ^a,b   McDaniel, Mark A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HILLSDALE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Metamemory; Monitoring; Restudy; Testing effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METACOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; METACOGNITION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938927759     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-014-0453-7     Document Type: Article

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