Alan D. Castel studies human memory and metacognition. With Matthew G. Rhodes, he tested whether perceptual characteristics influence judgments of learning differently from later recall. Manipulating print size helped reveal a mismatch between a cue’s influence on prediction and its influence on performance. Measuring both outcomes makes it possible to identify a metacognitive illusion rather than assuming that an easily processed item will necessarily be remembered better. [ref]
Memory Predictions Are Influenced by Perceptual Information by Matthew G. Rhodes and Alan D. Castel. 2008, perceptual-cue manipulation and calibration of predictions
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