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Investigating people’s metacognitive insight into their own face abilities

Robin SS Kramer Orcid Logo, Jeremy Tree Orcid Logo

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Volume: 77, Issue: 10, Pages: 1949 - 1956

Swansea University Author: Jeremy Tree Orcid Logo

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Within the domain of face processing, researchers have been interested in quantifying the relationship between objective (i.e., performance on laboratory tests of recognition and matching) and subjective measures of ability (typically, self-report questionnaires). Put simply, do people show high lev...

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