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illusion of knowing: a standalone construct

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Reading research

readers' confidence that they have understood a text even when they failed to detect contradictions within it.

In reading research, illusion of knowing refers to readers' confidence that they have understood a text even when they failed to detect contradictions within it. This meaning comes from Glenberg (1982) in Memory & Cognition.[1]

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References

Glenberg, A. M., Wilkinson, A. C., & Epstein, W. (1982). The illusion of knowing: Failure in the self-assessment of comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 10(6), 597-602. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03202442

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