Metacognitive sensitivity increases with age between 5 and 8 years, similarly across number and emotion domains¶
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Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: baselines and conditions change
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q3 i? A two-way ANOVA showed a main effect of age group on phi, with no effect of condition and no interaction. → Vo 2014
Evidence¶
Vo 2014¶
Vo, V. Y., Li, R., Kornell, N., Pouget, A., & Cantlon, J. F. (2014). Young Children Bet On Their Numerical Skills: Metacognition in the Numerical Domain. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614538458
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A repeated measures two-way ANOVA of age group by condition on phi showed a main effect of age group (F(2, 36) = 9.73, p < .001), no condition effect, and no interaction; sensitivity generally increases with age among 5- to 8-year-olds.
"We found a main effect of age group, F(2, 36) = 9.73, p < .001, but no effect of condition, F(1, 36) = 0.02, p = .90, and no interaction, F(2, 36) = 0.32, p = .73."
Discussion¶
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title |
Metacognitive sensitivity increases with age between 5 and 8 years, similarly across number and emotion domains |
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Metacognitive sensitivity increases with age between 5 and 8 years, similarly across number and emotion domains |
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2014 |
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2026-10-20 |
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2019 |
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