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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition

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Editors:
  1. Stephen M. Fleming

    1. Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, USA

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  2. Christopher D. Frith

    1. Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark

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  • The first up to date and comprehensive volume on the neuroscience of metacognition (thinking about thinking)

  • This book introduces a new era of research into metacognitive neuroscience

  • Metacognition is one of the hottest topics discussed by cognitive neuroscientists

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Metacognitive Neuroscience: An Introduction

    • Stephen M. Fleming, Christopher D. Frith
    Pages 1-6

  3. Quantifying Metacognition for the Neurosciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Quantifying Human Metacognition for the Neurosciences

      • Bennett L. Schwartz, Fernando Díaz
      Pages 9-23

    3. Signal Detection Theory Analysis of Type 1 and Type 2 Data: Meta-d′, Response-Specific Meta-d′, and the Unequal Variance SDT Model

      • Brian Maniscalco, Hakwan Lau
      Pages 25-66

    4. Kinds of Access: Different Methods for Report Reveal Different Kinds of Metacognitive Access

      • Morten Overgaard, Kristian Sandberg
      Pages 67-85

    5. The Highs and Lows of Theoretical Interpretation in Animal-Metacognition Research

      • J. David Smith, Justin J. Couchman, Michael J. Beran
      Pages 87-111

  4. Computational Approaches to Metacognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. A Computational Framework for the Study of Confidence Across Species

      • Adam Kepecs, Zachary F. Mainen
      Pages 115-145

    3. Shared Mechanisms for Confidence Judgements and Error Detection in Human Decision Making

      • Nick Yeung, Christopher Summerfield
      Pages 147-167

    4. Metacognition and Confidence in Value-Based Choice

      • Stephen M. Fleming, Benedetto De Martino
      Pages 169-187

    5. What Failure in Collective Decision-Making Tells Us About Metacognition

      • Dan Bang, Ali Mahmoodi, Karsten Olsen, Andreas Roepstorff, Geraint Rees, Chris Frith et al.
      Pages 189-221

  5. Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Studying Metacognitive Processes at the Single Neuron Level

      • Paul G. Middlebrooks, Zachary M. Abzug, Marc A. Sommer
      Pages 225-244

    3. The Neural Basis of Metacognitive Ability

      • Stephen M. Fleming, Raymond J. Dolan
      Pages 245-265

    4. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metamemory Monitoring: Understanding Metamemory Processes, Subjective Levels Expressed, and Metacognitive Accuracy

      • Elizabeth F. Chua, Denise Pergolizzi, R. Rachel Weintraub
      Pages 267-291

    5. Metacognitive Facilitation of Spontaneous Thought Processes: When Metacognition Helps the Wandering Mind Find Its Way

      • Kieran C. R. Fox, Kalina Christoff
      Pages 293-319

    6. What is the Human Sense of Agency, and is it Metacognitive?

      • Valerian Chambon, Elisa Filevich, Patrick Haggard
      Pages 321-342

  6. Neuropsychiatric Disorders of Metacognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343
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    2. Failures of Metacognition and Lack of Insight in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

      • Anthony S. David, Nicholas Bedford, Ben Wiffen, James Gilleen
      Pages 345-365
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“This is an excellent textbook on cognitive neurosciences of animal models and human subjects. … This book would appeal to neurophysiologists, psychologists, and students in neurosciences. I highly recommend this to labs working on decision making and decision making animal models. … Postdocs and grad students in neuropsychology will enjoy this book. It is also helpful to neurologists and neurosurgeons.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, July, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, USA

    Stephen M. Fleming

  • Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Christopher D. Frith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition

  • Editors: Stephen M. Fleming, Christopher D. Frith

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45190-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-45189-8Published: 14 February 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51171-8Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-45190-4Published: 31 January 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 407

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Neurosciences, Cognitive Psychology

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