Open AccessMood and Personality Characteristics are Associated with Metamemory Knowledge Accuracy in a Community-Based Cohort of Older Adults
Author(s) -
Leigh E. Colvin,
Matteo Malgaroli,
Silvia Chapman,
Anna MacKayBrandt,
Stephanie Cosentino
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the international neuropsychological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1469-7661
pISSN - 1355-6177
DOI - 10.1017/s1355617717001345
Subject(s) - metamemory , psychology , extraversion and introversion , metacognition , mood , cognition , personality , conscientiousness , anxiety , neuroticism , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , social psychology , psychiatry
Emerging work reveals the neuroanatomic changes that compromise metacognition; however, little is known about the impact of premorbid factors. Research suggests that psychological variables influence the perception of cognition, but whether they influence the accuracy of those perceptions (i.e., metacognition) has not been directly examined.