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Metacognition in Early Childhood: Fertile Ground to Understand Memory Development?
Geurten, Marie; Willems, Sylvie
2016In Child Development Perspectives, 10 (4), p. 263-268
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Keywords :
Metacognition; Episodic Memory; Heuristics
Abstract :
[en] Metacognition is a critical factor that appears to be involved in improving episodic memory during childhood. However, as metacognitive abilities emerge relatively late in development, they have not been expected to influence children’s memory performance before age 7. Nevertheless, in recent studies, as early as age 3, children rely on basic metacognitive abilities to evaluate their memory and use the result of this evaluation to regulate their memory performance. In this article, we consider evidence for the early development of metacognitive skills. We then review studies indicating that children can use inference rules based on the results of their introspection (monitoring) to regulate their memory decisions, demonstrating the early use of several metacognitive heuristics. Finally, we discuss preliminary findings indicating that changes in how children use metacognitive heuristics can account for changes in episodic memory throughout childhood.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Geurten, Marie ;  Université de Liège > R&D Direction : Chercheurs ULiège en mobilité
Willems, Sylvie  ;  Université de Liège > Clinique psychologique et logopédique universitaire (CPLU)
Language :
English
Title :
Metacognition in Early Childhood: Fertile Ground to Understand Memory Development?
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Child Development Perspectives
ISSN :
1750-8592
eISSN :
1750-8606
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing
Volume :
10
Issue :
4
Pages :
263-268
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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