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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sci. 2014 Jun 27;25(9):1712–1721. doi: 10.1177/0956797614538458

Table 1.

Tests of Metacognitive Sensitivity by Age Group and Condition.

Phi Gamma AROC
Mean t df p Mean t df p Mean t df p
Number
  5 – 6 y.o. 0.13 2.33 16 .03 0.20 1.23 16 .24 0.64 2.93 13 .01
  6 – 7 y.o. 0.22 4.82 10 <.001 0.52 4.67 10 <.001 0.68 4.32 10 <.001
  7 + y.o. 0.35 7.55 12 <.001 0.74 13.75 12 <.001 0.78 14.82 12 <.001
  All subjects 0.22 6.84 40 <.001 0.46 5.55 40 <.001 0.68 6.36 38 <.001
Emotion
  5 – 6 y.o. 0.12 2.83 16 .01 0.26 1.53 16 .15 0.68 5.41 13 <.001
  6 – 7 y.o. 0.29 3.26 11 .008 0.41 1.86 11 .09 0.75 5.22 9 <.001
  7 + y.o. 0.30 7.39 13 <.001 0.66 14.39 13 <.001 0.77 13.32 13 <.001
  All subjects 0.22 6.53 42 <.001 0.43 4.62 42 <.001 0.73 11.75 37 <.001

Note. All tests are two-tailed, against chance (0 for phi and gamma; 0.5 for AROC).