Navigating Neuropsychology 177 | The (Non)Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Functioning
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Oct 15, 2025 The discussion explores the intriguing disconnect between how people perceive their cognitive abilities and their actual performance. They delve into the surprising reasons behind this gap, highlighting biases and everyday memory errors. A comprehensive umbrella review reveals consistent findings in subjective versus objective cognition. The hosts emphasize the clinical implications of these discrepancies and propose that both self-reporting and formal testing are vital in assessments. Mental health factors and age also play crucial roles in predicting cognitive decline.
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Expectation Versus Reality In Cognition Research
- Ryan Van Patten noticed many papers expected subjective and objective cognition to correlate but repeatedly found no or tiny associations.
- He concluded the lack of relationship might be the rule rather than the exception across disorders.
Why Use An Umbrella Review
- The team conducted an umbrella review to synthesize many review papers rather than individual studies.
- Umbrella reviews reveal broad patterns across literatures and are appropriate when many second-order reviews exist.
Scope And Scale Of The Evidence
- The umbrella review included 50 reviews, thousands of empirical studies, and likely hundreds of thousands of participants.
- Studies spanned 26 cognitive constructs and at least 20 clinical and nonclinical groups, all in adults.
