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Undorf, Monika; Zimdahl, Malte F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2019
Words printed in a larger 48-point font are judged to be more memorable than words printed in a smaller 18-point font, although font size does not affect actual memory. To clarify the basis of this font size effect on metamemory and memory, 4 experiments investigated how presenting words in 48 (Experiment 1) or 4 (Experiments 2 to 4) font sizes…
Descriptors: Memory, Metacognition, Printed Materials, Layout (Publications)
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Undorf, Monika; Böhm, Simon; Cüpper, Lutz – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Current memory theories generally assume that memory performance reflects both recollection and automatic influences of memory. Research on people's predictions about the likelihood of remembering recently studied information on a memory test, that is, on judgments of learning (JOLs), suggests that both magnitude and resolution of JOLs are linked…
Descriptors: Memory, Learning, Evaluative Thinking, Accuracy