Abstract:
Metacognition, or the capacity to reflect upon one's own knowledge, is a key trait in our cognitive repertoire which is developed during childhood. Here, a direct comparison of metacognitive ability in children (N = 188; 6–9 years old) and adults, (N = 47) using a single perceptual task, was made. Results showed that 6–9 years old children have a level of metacognitive access similar to that of adults. Further, a signal detection theory model was applied in order to distinguish metacognitive ability from the propensity towards risk taking, two factors that have so far been confounded in studies. Children presented a suboptimal tendency towards risky decisions and a natural predisposition to overconfidence that can be partially mitigated by imposing a conservative normative strategy. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.
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Título: | The metacognitive abilities of children and adults |
Autor: | Salles, A.; Ais, J.; Semelman, M.; Sigman, M.; Calero, C.I. |
Filiación: | Instituto de Cálculo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa, Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina and IFIBA, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Laboratorio de Neurociencia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina Unidad de Neurobiología Aplicada, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Adults; Children; Confidence; Metacognition; Optimism; SDT |
Año: | 2016
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Volumen: | 40
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Página de inicio: | 101
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Página de fin: | 110
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.08.009 |
Título revista: | Cognitive Development
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Título revista abreviado: | Cogn. Dev.
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ISSN: | 08852014
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CODEN: | CODEF
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_08852014_v40_n_p101_Salles |
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Salles, A., Ais, J., Semelman, M., Sigman, M. & Calero, C.I.
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Salles, A., Ais, J., Semelman, M., Sigman, M., Calero, C.I.
"The metacognitive abilities of children and adults"
. Cognitive Development 40
(2016) : 101-110.
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Salles, A., Ais, J., Semelman, M., Sigman, M., Calero, C.I.
"The metacognitive abilities of children and adults"
. Cognitive Development, vol. 40, 2016, pp. 101-110.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.08.009---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Salles, A., Ais, J., Semelman, M., Sigman, M., Calero, C.I. The metacognitive abilities of children and adults. Cogn. Dev. 2016;40:101-110.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.08.009