To communicate effectively, people must have a reasonably accurate idea about what
specific other people know. An obvious starting point for building a model of what another …

This paper provides a critical examination of the current status of metamemory. A review of
background influences, current conceptualizations, research methods, and some research …

הספר מטה קוגניציה מציע אוסף מעודכן של נושאים מדעיים מרכזיים המעורבים במטה קוגניציה. שנים עשר
המאמרים מספקים הצהרה של מחקר אמפירי ותאורטי על תהליכים של מחשבה עצמית, או הידיעה מה אנו …‎

The phenomenon of age-related cognitive decline has long been controversial, both in
terms of mere existence, and with respect to how it is explained. Some researchers have …

How do people know whether they have an answer to a question before they actually find it
in their memory? Two experiments explored this question. Ss were trained on relatively …

Are the beliefs that older adults hold about their memory abilities associated with their
scores on lab-based memory tasks? A review of the aging literature suggests that the …

Abstract [The effects of normal aging are discussed with reference to sensory, short-term,
long-term, episodic, semantic, and implicit memory.] Beginning with discussions of classical …

Older adults have a harder time than younger adults remembering specific events and
experiences (episodic memory), whereas the ability to use one's general knowledge either …

There are multiple strategies for answering questions. For example, a statement is
sometimes verified using a plausibility process and sometimes using a direct retrieval …

Normative data were collected on 300 general-information questions from a wide variety of
topics, including history, sports, art, geography, literature, and entertainment. Male and …