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Metacognitive improvement: Disentangling adaptive training from experimental confounds.
Martin Rouy1, Vincent de Gardelle2, Gabriel Reyes3
1Univ. Grenoble Alpes.
Journal of Experimental Psychology. General
|February 14, 2022
Summary
Metacognitive training may not improve self-monitoring abilities as previously suggested. Correcting experimental confounds revealed no significant enhancement in metacognitive performance, indicating further research is needed.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Metacognition involves monitoring and controlling cognitive processes.
- Previous research suggested adaptive training could enhance metacognitive performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the efficacy of metacognitive training by addressing potential confounds in prior studies.
- To determine if metacognitive performance can be reliably improved through confidence-based reward training.
Main Methods:
- A conceptual replication of a previous study was conducted.
- Participants performed a perceptual discrimination task with confidence judgments.
- Reward schemes and instructions were standardized across all sessions and participants.
Main Results:
- After correcting for initial reward absence and inconsistent instructions, moderate evidence suggested no metacognitive training effect.
- Metacognitive performance did not significantly increase in the trained group compared to controls.
Conclusions:
- Previous claims regarding the effectiveness of metacognitive training appear premature.
- Further research is essential to develop effective methods for training metacognitive skills.
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