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Relating inter-individual differences in metacognitive performance on different perceptual tasks

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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:34 authored by Chen Song, Ryota Kanai, Stephen M Fleming, Rimona S Weil, D Samuel Schwarzkopf, Geraint Rees
Human behavior depends on the ability to effectively introspect about our performance. For simple perceptual decisions, this introspective or metacognitive ability varies substantially across individuals and is correlated with the structure of focal areas in prefrontal cortex. This raises the possibility that the ability to introspect about different perceptual decisions might be mediated by a common cognitive process. To test this hypothesis, we examined whether inter-individual differences in metacognitive ability were correlated across two different perceptual tasks where individuals made judgments about different and unrelated visual stimulus properties. We found that inter-individual differences were strongly correlated between the two tasks for metacognitive ability but not objective performance. Such stability of an individual's metacognitive ability across different perceptual tasks indicates a general mechanism supporting metacognition independent of the specific task.

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  • Published

Journal

Consciousness and Cognition

ISSN

1053-8100

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

4

Volume

20

Page range

1787-1792

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-11

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