| Literature DB >> 25929444 |
Piercesare Grimaldi1, Hakwan Lau2, Michele A Basso3.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Awareness; Confidence; Consciousness; Metacognition; Monitoring
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25929444 PMCID: PMC4501881 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.04.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Biobehav Rev ISSN: 0149-7634 Impact factor: 8.989