The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition

Metacognition Is The Capacity To Reflect Upon And Evaluate Cognition And Behaviour. Long Of Interest To Philosophers And Psychologists, Metacognition Has Recently Become The Target Of Research In The Cognitive Neurosciences. By Combining Brain Imaging, Computational Modeling, Neuropsychology And Insights From Psychiatry, The Present Book Offers A Picture Of The Metacognitive Functions Of The Brain. Chapters Cover The Definition And Measurement Of Metacognition In Humans And Non-human Animals, The Computational Underpinnings Of Metacognitive Judgments, The Cognitive Neuroscience Of Self-monitoring Ranging From Confidence To Error-monitoring, And Neuropsychiatric Studies Of Disorders Of Metacognition. This Book Provides An Invaluable Overview Of A Rapidly Emerging And Important Field Within Cognitive Neuroscience. Metacognitive Neuroscience: An Introduction -- Quantifying Human Metacognition For The Neurosciences -- Signal Detection Theory Analysis Of Type 1 And Type 2 Data: Meta-d', Response-specific Meta-d' And The Unequal Variance Sdt Model -- The Highs And Lows Of Theoretical Interpretation In Animal-metacognition Research -- A Computational Framework For The Study Of Confidence Across Species -- Shared Mechanisms For Confidence Judgments And Error Detection In Human Decision Making -- Metacognition And Confidence In Value-based Choice -- What Failure In Collective Decision-making Tells Us About Metacognition -- Studying Metacognitive Processes At The Single-neuron Level -- The Neural Basis Of Metacognitive Accuracy -- The Cognitive Neuroscience Of Metamemory Monitoring: Understanding Metamemory Processes, Subjective Levels Expressed And Metacognitive Accuracy -- Metacognitive Facilitation Of Spontaneous Thought Processes: When Metacognition Helps The Wandering Mind Find Its Way -- What Is The Human Sense Of Agency And Is It Metacognitive? -- Failures Of Metacognition And Lack Of Insight In Neuropsychiatric Disorders -- Judgments Of Agency In Schizophrenia: An Impairment In Autonoetic Metacognition -- Metacognition In Alzheimer's Disease. Stephen M. Fleming, Christopher D. Frith, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Metacognitive Neuroscience: An Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Quantifying Human Metacognition for the Neurosciences....Pages 9-23 Signal Detection Theory Analysis of Type 1 and Type 2 Data: Meta- d′ , Response-Specific Meta- d′ , and the Unequal Variance SDT Model....Pages 25-66 Kinds of Access: Different Methods for Report Reveal Different Kinds of Metacognitive Access....Pages 67-85 The Highs and Lows of Theoretical Interpretation in Animal-Metacognition Research....Pages 87-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 A Computational Framework for the Study of Confidence Across Species....Pages 115-145 Shared Mechanisms for Confidence Judgements and Error Detection in Human Decision Making....Pages 147-167 Metacognition and Confidence in Value-Based Choice....Pages 169-187 What Failure in Collective Decision-Making Tells Us About Metacognition....Pages 189-221 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Studying Metacognitive Processes at the Single Neuron Level....Pages 225-244 The Neural Basis of Metacognitive Ability....Pages 245-265 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metamemory Monitoring: Understanding Metamemory Processes, Subjective Levels Expressed, and Metacognitive Accuracy....Pages 267-291 Metacognitive Facilitation of Spontaneous Thought Processes: When Metacognition Helps the Wandering Mind Find Its Way....Pages 293-319 What is the Human Sense of Agency, and is it Metacognitive?....Pages 321-342 Front Matter....Pages 343-343 Failures of Metacognition and Lack of Insight in Neuropsychiatric Disorders....Pages 345-365 Judgments of Agency in Schizophrenia: An Impairment in Autonoetic Metacognition....Pages 367-387 Metacognition in Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 389-407