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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

The Wheels Are Turning during Judgments of Learning: Bilinguals’ Memory Self-Perceptions Are Better in L2 Than L1

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Thomas Hermsen
    Butler University
  • Stephanie Smith
    Butler University
  • Jhovana Cervantes
    Butler University
  • Tara Lineweaver
    Butler University

Abstract

We investigated Spanish-English and English-Spanish bilinguals’ metamemory judgments in their first and second languages. Our results provide evidence that bilinguals’ judgments of learning are more accurate in their secondary than primary language, regardless of what that particular language is (Spanish versus English).

Bilingualism