Procedural Metacognition and False Belief Understanding in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children.

ABSTRACT: Some studies, so far limited in number, suggest the existence of procedural metacognition in young children, that is, the practical capacity to monitor and control one's own cognitive activity in a given task. The link between procedural metacognition and false belief understanding is currently under theoretical discussion. If data with primates seem to indicate that procedural metacognition and false belief understanding are not related, no study in developmental psychology has investigated this relation in young children. The present paper aims, first, to supplement the findings concerning young children's abilities to monitor and control their uncertainty (procedural metacognition) and, second, to explore the relation between procedural metacognition and false belief understanding. To e

SUBMITTER: Bernard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4627761 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature