Hindsight bias from 3 to 95 years of age
Bernstein, Erdfelder, Meltzoff, Peria and Loftus, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 37(2), 2011, 378-391. 194 participants aged 3 to 95 on three tasks (general knowledge questions, blurred images, objects behind filters). Every age group showed hindsight bias, preschoolers and older adults more than older children and younger adults. Modelling suggested preschoolers often replaced the original answer with the correct one, older adults more often forgot it and recalled one closer to correct.
Bernstein, Erdfelder, Meltzoff, Peria and Loftus, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 37(2), 2011, 378-391. 194 participants aged 3 to 95 on three tasks (general knowledge questions, blurred images, objects behind filters). Every age group showed hindsight bias, preschoolers and older adults more than older children and younger adults. Modelling suggested preschoolers often replaced the original answer with the correct one, older adults more often forgot it and recalled one closer to correct.
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Memory, and Cognition, 37(2), 378-391. doi:10.1037/a0021971 https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021971