A peer audience decreases accuracy in the complex relational integration condition in both adolescents and adults¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3·i3large
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q3 i3 Accuracy in the Relational condition was significantly lower in the Peer than the Alone condition (ηp2=.172), with no significant Peer–Alone difference in the Control condition. → Dumontheil Iroise 2016
Evidence¶
Dumontheil Iroise 2016¶
Dumontheil Iroise, Wolf Laura K., Blakemore Sarah-Jayne. (2016). Audience effects on the neural correlates of relational reasoning in adolescence. Neuropsychologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.05.001
q3 · i3 · causal · r2
Behavioural analysis of the fMRI study's 2×2×2 mixed-design ANOVA on accuracy (19 adolescents, 14 adults) found a Task × Audience interaction, "driven by a significant decrease in accuracy in the Peer" condition for Relational trials; the Control condition showed no significant Peer–Alone difference (p>0.19).
"which was driven by a significant decrease in accuracy in the Peer (88.9%±1.6) relative to the Alone condition for the Relational condition (91.8%±1.3; F(1,31)=6.46; p=0.016; ηp2=.172)"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Being observed by a friend or an experimenter affects relational reasoning accuracy in adolescents but not in adults — reports the opposite
- No behavioural Audience × Age group interaction: the accuracy decrement was comparable in adolescents and adults — reports the opposite
- Relational integration is less accurate and slower than single-relation matching regardless of audience or age — reports the opposite
- Older adolescents (14.9–17.8 years) show lower relational reasoning accuracy when observed by a friend than by an experimenter, across task difficulty levels
- Individual differences in audience effects are not correlated with self-reported resistance to peer influence — related
- Across all age groups, relational reasoning accuracy is lower in the friend-present condition than in the experimenter-present condition overall — related
- The study found no evidence of age differences in relational reasoning performance, possibly due to design choices maximising sensitivity to audience effects — related
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
peer-audience-decreases-relational-integration-accuracy |
title |
A peer audience decreases accuracy in the complex relational integration condition in both adolescents and adults |
description |
A peer audience decreases accuracy in the complex relational integration condition in both adolescents and adults |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2016 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — dumontheil-iroise-2016 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.