학술논문
Trait anxiety does not correlate with metacognitive confidence or reminder usage in a delayed intentions task.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Kirk PA; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.; Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, UK.; Robinson OJ; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.; Gilbert SJ; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.
Source
Publisher: Sage in association with Experimental Psychology Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101259775 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1747-0226 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17470218 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Setting external reminders provides a convenient way to reduce cognitive demand and ensure accurate retrieval of information for prospective tasks. Recent experimental evidence has demonstrated that the decision to offload cognitive information to external resources is guided by metacognitive belief, that is, individuals' confidence in their unaided ability. Other work has also suggested a relationship between metacognitive belief and trait anxiety. In the present study ( N = 300), we bridged these two areas by investigating whether trait anxiety correlated with metacognitive belief and-consequently-propensity to offload information in a delayed intentions paradigm. Participants received a financial reward based on their ability to remember targets. However, participants could take a reduced reward per target if they decided to use reminders. We replicated previous findings that participants were biased to use more reminders than would be optimal, and this bias was correlated with metacognitive judgements. However, we show no evidence that trait anxiety held a relationship with metacognitive belief or reminder usage. Indeed, Bayesian analyses strongly favoured the null. Therefore, variation in self-reported trait anxiety does not necessarily influence confidence and strategy when participants remember delayed intentions.