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August 19, 2025Child DevelopmentOpen Access

From Uncertainty to Performance Optimization: Longitudinal Insights Into Metacognitive Development

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QWQianqian WanOSOlivera SavicMGMengcun Gao

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Overview

Longitudinal study reveals metacognitive monitoring in children enhances performance control, indicating a significant developmental shift.

Key Points

  • Children aged five begin to reliably monitor tasks, demonstrating an early grasp of decision-making skills.
  • Performance monitoring in children develops by age six, highlighting a transition from uncertainty-driven choices to performance optimization.
  • Cross-lagged panel analysis reveals early monitoring abilities are predictive of later control over performance outcomes.
  • These findings support the notion that children's metacognitive growth significantly influences their decision-making processes.

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Wan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af33ddcf1dd9ea359e8bc3https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70029
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