Comprehension as a Basis for Metacognitive Judgments: Effects of Effort after Meaning on Recall and Metacognition

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 552 - 557
• Main Authors: Zaromb, Franklin M, Karpicke, Jeffrey D, Roediger, Henry L., III
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Attention - physiology; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive Development; Comprehension - physiology; Correlation; Cues; Decision Making; Difficulty Level; Figurative Language; Humans; Judgment - physiology; Language Processing; Learning Processes; Mental Recall - physiology; Metacognition; Missouri; Neuropsychological Tests; Recall (Psychology); Retention (Psychology); Semantics; Sentences; Serial Learning - physiology; Statistical Analysis; Statistics as Topic; Students; Time Factors; Undergraduate Students; Universities; Missouri

We examined free recall and metacognitive judgments of ambiguous sentences studied with and without clues to facilitate their comprehension. Sentences were either studied without clues, with clues meaningfully embedded, or with clues following a 10-s interval delay. After presentation, subjects made...