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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Feelings of knowing (FoK) reflect confidence in recalling memories.
  • FoK is thought to be influenced by partial knowledge accessibility.
  • Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on FoK's reliance on knowledge accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of partial knowledge accuracy in feelings of knowing.
  • To determine if FoK predicts recognition accuracy based on knowledge quality.
  • To examine the relationship between FoK and both correct and incorrect partial knowledge.

Main Methods:

  • A recall-judge-recognize procedure was employed with general knowledge questions.
  • Partial knowledge was measured more broadly than in prior studies.
  • Feelings of knowing were assessed prior to the partial knowledge measure.

Main Results:

  • The accuracy of reported partial knowledge positively correlated with subsequent recognition.
  • Feelings of knowing predicted recognition accuracy only when partial knowledge was correct.
  • Feelings of knowing were associated with the amount of correct partial knowledge, not incorrect knowledge.

Conclusions:

  • Feelings of knowing are significantly influenced by the accuracy of underlying partial knowledge.
  • Accurate partial knowledge is crucial for feelings of knowing to reliably predict memory recognition.
  • This study clarifies the role of knowledge accuracy in metacognitive judgments of memory.