Concept information
Preferred term
retrieval fluency
Definition
- Judgment of the ease with which information is recovered from memory.
Broader concept
Scope note
- Retrieval fluency can be used as a not-always-relevant metacognitive cue for the accuracy of the information recollected: the easier retrieval is perceived to be, the more accurate the information is considered.
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Benjamin, A. S., & Bjork, R. A. (1996). Retrieval fluency as a metacognitive index. In L. M. Reder (Ed.), Implicit Memory and Metacognition (p. 309-338). Erlbaum.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Benjamin, A. S., Bjork, R. A., & Schwartz, B. L. (1998). The mismeasure of memory: when retrieval fluency is misleading as a metamnemonic index. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 127(1), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1037//0096-3445.127.1.55
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Kelley, C. M., & Rhodes, M. G. (2002). Making sense and nonsense of experience: Attributions in memory and judgment. In B. H. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 41, p. 293-320). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(02)80010-X
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-N97QXR82-K - • Benjamin, A. S., Bjork, R. A., & Schwartz, B. L. (1998). The mismeasure of memory: when retrieval fluency is misleading as a metamnemonic index. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 127(1), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1037//0096-3445.127.1.55
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