Age-related differences in metacognition for memory capacity and selectivity
| Autor: | Alexander L. M. Siegel, Alan D. Castel |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Aging 1.2 Psychological and socioeconomic processes Metacognition Memory performance 050105 experimental psychology Article Task (project management) 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Clinical Research Underpinning research Memory Age related value-directed remembering Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General Psychology Aged Recall Point (typography) 05 social sciences selectivity Neurosciences Experimental Psychology Metacognitive Monitoring Younger adults Mental Recall Mental health Cognitive Sciences Female predictions 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Memory Memory (Hove, England), vol 27, iss 9 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0686 |
| Popis: | Background: We compared two types of metacognitive monitoring in younger and older adults: metacognitive accuracy for their overall memory performance and their ability to selectively remember high-value information. Method: Participants studied words paired with point values and were asked to maximise their point score. In Experiment 1, they predicted how many words they would remember while in Experiment 2, they predicted how many points they would earn. Results: In Experiment 1, while younger adults were accurate in their predictions, older adults were overconfident in the number of words they would recall throughout the task. In Experiment 2, however, both younger and older adults were equally accurate when predicting the amount of points they would earn after some task experience. Conclusions: While younger adults may have higher metacognitive accuracy for their capacity, older adults can accurately assess their ability to selectively remember information, suggesting potentially separate metacognitive mechanisms that are differentially affected by aging. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
| Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje | K zobrazení výsledku je třeba se přihlásit. |