Evolution of metacognition

Handbook of Metamemory and Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 29-46

  Metcalfe, Janet ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203805503     Document Type: Chapter

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