ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Are You Sure You're Sure? Understanding Children's Memory Accuracy through Metacognitive Measures
- Madeleine Ingham
University of Birmingham - Mahmoud Elsherif
University of Birmingham - Sarah Rockowitz
University of Birmingham - Lucy Swancott
University of Birmingham - Sophie Shatford
University of Birmingham - Melissa Colloff
University of Birmingham
Abstract
Children are required to provide memory evidence in criminal justice settings, yet they’re often regarded as unreliable. We investigated if explicit and implicit metacognitive measures predicted memory accuracy in children aged 4-8. Confidence and other implicit measures significantly predicted accuracy, and confidence was a better predictor of accuracy than age.
Memory
