The neural basis of metacognitive monitoring during arithmetic in the developing brain.

ABSTRACT: In contrast to a substantial body of research on the neural basis of cognitive performance in several academic domains, less is known about how the brain generates metacognitive (MC) awareness of such performance. The existing work on the neurobiological underpinnings of metacognition has almost exclusively been done in adults and has largely focused on lower level cognitive processing domains, such as perceptual decision-making. Extending this body of evidence, we investigated MC monitoring by asking children to solve arithmetic problems, an educationally relevant higher-order process, while providing concurrent MC reports during fMRI acquisition. Results are reported on 50 primary school children aged 9-10 years old. The current study is the first to demonstrate that brain activity durin

SUBMITTER: Bellon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7555088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature