The opt-out and curiosity–accuracy findings replicate in a larger UK sample (Experiment 3A)¶
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q3 i3 With 4 answer options and scoring instructions, UK participants were less likely to opt out on correct than incorrect trials and were more curious about incorrect trials. → Sunae Kim 2025
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Sunae Kim 2025¶
Sunae Kim, Paul L Harris, Benjamin Néher. (2025). Curiosity can influence metacognitive processes. Metacognition and Learning (2025) 20:39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-025-09444-y
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Experiment 3A (final N = 40 UK adults recruited via Prolific; Gorilla platform; 4 answer options; 'SKIP' wording; scoring instructions). Mixed-effects regression replicated Experiment 2: "χ2 = 83.2, df = 1, p <.001" with OR = 0.26; curiosity was also lower on correct than incorrect trials (β = −0.61) and higher on opted-out trials (β = 0.47).
"Participants were less likely to opt out on correct than on incorrect trials χ2 = 83.2, df = 1, p <.001 (b = −1.36, SE = 0.15, OR = 0.26)."
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Related Claims¶
- Adults report greater curiosity about answers on incorrect-answer trials than on correct-answer trials
- Adults opt out of answering more on trials they later answer incorrectly, and curiosity is higher on opted-out trials (metacognitive control)
- Without feedback, people are more curious about high-confidence errors than about equally high-confidence correct answers, replicated across experiments
- Exposure to others' discrepant curiosity ratings reduces the curiosity gap between opted-out and non-opted-out trials and between incorrect and correct trials, altering metacognitive control — related
- Participants' feedback-skipping decisions diverge from the optimal computer algorithm: they skip after some incorrect responses and fail to skip after many correct responses — related
- Heuristic cues — response time, familiarity, problem complexity, and context reinstating — guide opting-out decisions — related
- Opting out can improve thinking efficiency by cutting wasted effort on doomed attempts — related
- People underuse opt-out options, and explicit presentation substantially increases their use — related
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The opt-out and curiosity–accuracy findings replicate in a larger UK sample (Experiment 3A) |
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The opt-out and curiosity–accuracy findings replicate in a larger UK sample (Experiment 3A) |
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