Information-based and experience-based metacognitive judgments: Evidence from subjective confidence

Handbook of Metamemory and Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 117-135

  Koriat, Asher ^a   Nussinson, Ravit ^a   Bless, Herbert ^b   Shaked, Nira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203805503     Document Type: Chapter

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