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Published on: April 19, 2017
Metacognition: Pre-verbal Infants Adapt Their Behaviour to Their Knowledge States
Teodora Gliga1, Victoria Southgate1
1Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
Abstract:
Metacognitive abilities, such as knowing we know something or that we made the wrong decision, can be powerful tools for adapting behaviour and accelerating learning. Apes, dolphins, and even rats demonstrate some such abilities; a new study provides evidence that human infants can too.
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