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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics

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  • Bilingualism is often linked to enhanced executive functions.
  • This cognitive advantage may extend to other abilities beyond executive function.
  • Metacognition, the ability to self-monitor cognitive performance, is a key area for investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of bilingualism on metacognition.
  • To compare metacognitive efficiency between monolingual and bilingual adults.
  • To explore potential metacognitive disadvantages associated with bilingualism.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted with young, healthy adult monolinguals and bilinguals.
  • Participants completed a perceptual two-alternative-forced-choice task.
  • Confidence judgments were collected post-task to assess metacognitive efficiency using the Mratio.

Main Results:

  • Bilingual participants demonstrated reduced metacognitive efficiency compared to monolinguals.
  • This finding was consistent across both experiments.
  • The results suggest a potential bilingual disadvantage in metacognition.

Conclusions:

  • Bilingualism may be associated with a disadvantage in metacognitive efficiency.
  • The study provides novel insights into cognitive differences between bilinguals and monolinguals.
  • Further research is needed to understand the balance of cognitive advantages and disadvantages in multilingualism.