In the metacognitive feedback group, frontopolar activation correlates with metacognitive sensitivity and middle temporal gyrus activation correlates with retention¶

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q2 i3 Channel 8 (frontopolar) activation was positively correlated with post-learning metacognitive sensitivity in the MF group (r = 0.42, p = 0.023), an association not seen in the other groups. → Yin 2025

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Yin 2025¶

Yin, J., Xu, H., Pan, Y., & Hu, Y. (2025). Effects of different AI-driven Chatbot feedback on learning outcomes and brain activity. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00311-8

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Correlational analysis within the 29-student MF group of the randomized fNIRS experiment. Frontopolar activation during the whole learning module correlated with metacognitive sensitivity (r = 0.42), supporting the frontopolar cortex's role in metacognition.

"the Pearson correlation analysis indicated that channel 8 activation during the whole learning module was positively correlated with post-learning metacognitive sensitivity in the MF group ( r = 0.42, p = 0.023), an association not seen in the other groups."

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Related Claims¶

• Feedback types elicit distinct fNIRS activation patterns: frontopolar and middle temporal gyrus higher under metacognitive feedback, supramarginal gyrus under affective feedback, DLPFC under neutral feedback — a broader claim this one bears on
• Machine learning models using whole-module fNIRS features predict transfer scores in all feedback groups, with the frontopolar area a predictor regardless of feedback type — related