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When children stop trusting what they have perceived
Geurten, Marie; Willems, Sylvie; Meulemans, Thierry
201411th Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Intesrest Group of the WFNR
 

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Keywords :
Metamemory; Implicit Learning; Children
Abstract :
[en] Background and aims: A common hypothesis to explain metamemory heuristics learning throughout childhood lies on the assumption that the knowledge underlying these metacognitive rules develop from people’s prior day-to-day experiences. However, the specific processes that sustain this learning are still unclear. In this study, we examined the mechanisms implicated in this empirical development by manipulating the learned interpretation of the Easily Learned = Easily Remembered (ELER) heuristic through an implicit process involving the detection of environmental regularities. Method: A sample of sixty normally developing children aged 4-5, 6-7, and 8-9 years old was recruited for this study. Each child participated in three 60-minute sessions separated approximately by one-week interval and was trained to learn implicitly a reverse interpretation of the ELER heuristic. The influence of executive functions on children’s judgment of learning at posttest was also investigated. Results: In addition to an early development of the ELER heuristic, results revealed a reduction of this heuristic’s use after the implicit training in the two youngest groups. Furthermore, executive monitoring was demonstrated to account for the lack of change observed in older children after the training phases. Conclusions: In a developmental perspective, these findings present a coherent picture of children’s learning of metacognitive heuristics. Specifically, automatic and implicit learning was demonstrated to be followed by an effortful control of the heuristics’ use.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Geurten, Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Neuropsychologie
Willems, Sylvie;  Université de Liège - ULiège
Meulemans, Thierry ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doyen de la Faculté de Psychologie et des sc. de l'éducation
Language :
English
Title :
When children stop trusting what they have perceived
Publication date :
2014
Event name :
11th Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Intesrest Group of the WFNR
Event organizer :
Fofi Constantinidou
Event place :
Limassol, Cyprus
Event date :
du 14 juillet 2014 au 15 juillet 2014
Audience :
International
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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