How does the awareness of our abilities, or ‘metacognition’, relates to our actual task performance? Is your driving as safe as you think it is? Do you really know how good a cook you are? The ‘Dunning-Kruger effect’ describes people who dramatically overestimate their competence when, in reality, they are less competent than they think. Robin Kramer’s research looks at the issues and misinterpretations of this effect to provide new insights into the relationship between our confidence and performance.
Dr Robin Kramer is a senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lincoln. He specialises in cognitive psychology, focussing on face perception and recognition. Using both experimental and computational approaches, he attempts to answer questions like “how do we learn new faces?” and “are we any good at matching face photographs?” He has worked in the UK, Canada, and the USA, as has published extensively on face-related topics. In addition, his broader interest in evolutionary psychology has led to the publication of his first children’s book, introducing the concept of genetic inheritance to young readers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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