Singer & Tiede (2008)

Feeling of knowing and duration of unsuccessful memory search

Memory & Cognition, 36(3), 588-597

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Singer, M., & Tiede, H. L. (2008). Feeling of knowing and duration of unsuccessful memory search. Memory & Cognition, 36(3), 588-597. https://doi.org/10.3758/mc.36.3.588

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Metacognitive Control Metacognition

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Control over retrieval search was shown across five experiments: the longer people searched before answering "don't know", the higher the feeling of knowing that other participants reported for the same questions