Another look at the contribution of motoric fluency to metacognitive monitoring.

Recent evidence indicates that fluent motor interactions with studied information can increase confidence in how well that information will be later remembered, as measured by judgements of learning (JOLs). However, it remains unclear whether such metacognitive assessments are based on experienced motoric fluency or on explicit, analytic beliefs regarding the mnemonic impact of the experimental manipulations used to enhance fluency. Here, we introduce a new approach to examine the extent to which experience-based processes alone underlie this effect by manipulating motoric fluency outside of participants' awareness.