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Project: Development of the behavioural and neural correlates of metacognition
Project: Development of the behavioural and neural correlates of metacognition
This project has received University of Melbourne human ethics approval (ID: 28556)
What is this research about?
The aim of this research is to better understand how children develop the ability to think about their own thoughts and action, which is called metacognition.
We are interested in how children acquire the ability to strategically adapt their behaviour based on how well they are doing a task and how difficult they think a task is. We are studying how the development of the brain and cognition may support the development of metacognition.
Metacognition is our ability to think about our thoughts and actions, for example we may notice we made an error because we were distracted and decide to slow down afterwards to avoid making another error.
Who can take part in this study?
We are recruiting 7-13 year-old typically developing children recruited either through independent schools, after school care, sports or holiday clubs, or social media.
How can I take part?
Parents can access information about the study and consent to their child taking part using either link below, depending on whether their child is participating through their school or not.
If you are a school principal, you can access information about the study and consent to your school taking part through the link on the right.
If you have any question, contact the student researcher of this project, Sarah Shafton (sarah.shafton@student.unimelb.edu.au) or the project supervisor, Prof. Iroise Dumontheil (iroise.dumontheil@unimelb.edu.au).
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