When Knowing More Means Less: The Effect of Fan on Metamemory Judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1172-1179

  McGuire, Michael J ^a,b   Maki, Ruth H ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85047681801     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.5.1172     Document Type: Article

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