The development of metacognitive ability in adolescence

Introspection, or metacognition, is the capacity to reflect on our own thoughts and behaviours. Here, we investigated how one specific metacognitive ability (the relationship between task performance and confidence) develops in adolescence, a period of life associated with the emergence of self-conc...

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Autores principales: Weil, Leonora G., Fleming, Stephen M., Dumontheil, Iroise, Kilford, Emma J., Weil, Rimona S., Rees, Geraint, Dolan, Raymond J., Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Press 2013
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3719211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23376348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.01.004
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author Weil, Leonora G.
Fleming, Stephen M.
Dumontheil, Iroise
Kilford, Emma J.
Weil, Rimona S.
Rees, Geraint
Dolan, Raymond J.
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description Introspection, or metacognition, is the capacity to reflect on our own thoughts and behaviours. Here, we investigated how one specific metacognitive ability (the relationship between task performance and confidence) develops in adolescence, a period of life associated with the emergence of self-concept and enhanced self-awareness. We employed a task that dissociates objective performance on a visual task from metacognitive ability in a group of 56 participants aged between 11 and 41 years. Metacognitive ability improved significantly with age during adolescence, was highest in late adolescence and plateaued going into adulthood. Our results suggest that awareness of one’s own perceptual decisions shows a prolonged developmental trajectory during adolescence.
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spelling pubmed-37192112013-07-23 The development of metacognitive ability in adolescence Weil, Leonora G. Fleming, Stephen M. Dumontheil, Iroise Kilford, Emma J. Weil, Rimona S. Rees, Geraint Dolan, Raymond J. Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne Conscious Cogn Short Communication Introspection, or metacognition, is the capacity to reflect on our own thoughts and behaviours. Here, we investigated how one specific metacognitive ability (the relationship between task performance and confidence) develops in adolescence, a period of life associated with the emergence of self-concept and enhanced self-awareness. We employed a task that dissociates objective performance on a visual task from metacognitive ability in a group of 56 participants aged between 11 and 41 years. Metacognitive ability improved significantly with age during adolescence, was highest in late adolescence and plateaued going into adulthood. Our results suggest that awareness of one’s own perceptual decisions shows a prolonged developmental trajectory during adolescence. Academic Press 2013-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3719211/ /pubmed/23376348 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.01.004 Text en © 2013 Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Open Access under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license
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Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
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