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ArticleJournal of cognition2025

Tip-of-the-Tongue and Feeling-of-Knowing Experiences Enhance Metacognitive Sensitivity of Confidence Evaluation of Semantic Memory.

Ali Pournaghdali, Bennett L Schwartz, Fabian A Soto

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Article in Journal of cognition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Metacognition and metacognitive monitoring in aging.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026
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  2. The MINT Sprint 2.0: a Picture Naming Test for Detection of Naming Impairments in ΜCI Due or Not to AD, Greek Version.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026
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Ali PournaghdaliLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0791-7095
Bennett L SchwartzDepartment of Psychology, Florida International University, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1702-9550
Fabian A SotoDepartment of Psychology, Florida International University, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1001-679X

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Abstract

In this study, we used a multidimensional extension of signal detection theory called general recognition theory (GRT) to evaluate the influence of tip-of-the-tongue states (TOT) and feeling-of-knowing (FOK) experiences on the metacognitive sensitivity of recognition confidence judgments. In two experiments, we asked participants to recall names of famous individuals (Experiment 1) or to recall correct answers to a series of general-knowledge questions (Experiment 2). If recall failed for any trial, participants provided metacognitive judgments of TOT and FOK, memory recognition responses, and metacognitive judgments of confidence on those recognition responses. To evaluate the influence of TOT and FOK on the metacognitive sensitivity of confidence judgments, we fit two different GRT models and constructed two sensitivity vs. metacognition curves, each representing changes in metacognitive sensitivity of confidence, as a function of the strength of TOT or FOK. The results showed that experiencing a TOT or a high FOK is associated with an increase in metacognitive sensitivity of confidence judgments. These results are the first report of influence of TOT and FOK on metacognitive sensitivity of confidence.

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