Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7303332 | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews | 2015 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Metacognition, the ability to think about our own thoughts, is a fundamental component of our mental life and is involved in memory, learning, planning and decision-making. Here we focus on one aspect of metacognition, namely confidence in perceptual decisions. We review the literature in psychophysics, neuropsychology and neuroscience. Although still a very new field, several recent studies suggest there are specific brain circuits devoted to monitoring and reporting confidence, whereas others suggest that confidence information is encoded within decision-making circuits. We provide suggestions, based on interdisciplinary research, to disentangle these disparate results.
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Authors
Piercesare Grimaldi, Hakwan Lau, Michele A. Basso,