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Infants ask for help when they know they don’t know

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Goupil, Louise, Romand-Monnier, Margaux, Kouider, Sid·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1515129113PMC PMC4822620
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Significance: Although many animals have been shown to monitor their own uncertainty, only humans seem to have the ability to explicitly communicate their uncertainty to others. It remains unknown whether this ability is present early in development, or whether it only emerges later alongside language development. Here, using a nonverbal memory-monitoring paradigm, we show that infants are able to strategically ask for help to avoid making mistakes. These findings reveal that infants are capable of monitoring and communicating their own uncertainty. We propose that explicit metacognition develops earlier than previously thought, enabling infants to communicate their own uncertainty nonverbally to gain knowledge from others.

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Authors
Goupil, L., Romand-Monnier, M., & Kouider, S.
Affiliations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
ORCID
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Published
2016-03-07
Volume
113
Issue
13
Pages
3492-3496
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1515129113
PMC
PMC4822620
OpenAlex
W2294167968
Cited by
226
References
36
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2026: 18 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 7
FWCI
38.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.pnas.org/preview_site/misc/userlicense.xhtml (vor)
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • EC | European Research Council (263623, 648480)
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-LABX-0087, ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
metacognition, uncertainty monitoring, infant development, help-seeking, nonverbal communication, memory monitoring, error prevention, strategic decision-making, nonverbal memory
MeSH terms
Cognition, Humans, Infant, Memory, Nonverbal Communication, Infant Behavior, Uncertainty

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