You can also check out the eLife digest here: elifesciences.org/digests/9811...

For a deeper dive into our findings, access our preprint here: elifesciences.org/articles/98114 Our work is supported by the Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social and conducted at the UCL ICN @ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social‬. (7/8)

The reluctance to use external reminders among compulsive individuals implies a potential risk for inadequate memory support, with potential implications for clinical conditions such as OCD. (6/8)

This suggests that while compulsive individuals may be overconfident, their metacognitive control remains intact, challenging existing assumptions. (5/8)

Contrary to previous research, our data indicates no disrupted confidence-reminder link between compulsive and non-compulsive individuals. (4/8)

Our findings reveal that more compulsive individuals show a decreased preference for setting external reminders, a behaviour only partially explained by their overconfidence. (3/8)

Our study, involving 600 participants, builds on the prior finding that people tend to set more reminders when they are less confident. We asked whether transdiagnostic compulsivity would influence this relationship. (2/8)

Our new study published in eLife (collaboration with @clairegillan.bsky.social, @celinef.bsky.social and @samgilbert.bsky.social) explores the complex relationship between metacognition, compulsivity and the utilization of external reminders. (1/8)