Older adults recover more marginal knowledge and use feedback more effectively than younger adults: evidence using "I don't know" vs. "I don't remember" for general knowledge questions.

Front Psychol · 2023 · PMC10264585 · PMID 37325736

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The effect of Condition approached significance, F (1, 173) = 3.56, p = 0.061, η p 2 = 0.02: Participants in the Feedback group ( M = 0.58, SE = 0.02) used DK slightly more than those in the No Feedback group ( M = 0.52, SE = 0.02).

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