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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)
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Front Matter
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Quantifying Metacognition for the Neurosciences
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Computational Approaches to Metacognition
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition
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Neuropsychiatric Disorders of Metacognition
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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
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Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, USA
Stephen M. Fleming
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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