Specific neural and computational processes underlie confidence ratings in cognitive decision-making
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Specific neural and computational frameworks successfully capture the mechanisms underlying confidence ratings and metacognitive processes in cognitive decision-making.
Evidence for · 4
Adaptive History Biases Result from Confidence-Weighted Accumulation of past Choices
2017 · cited by 140
The study demonstrates that confidence-weighted decision variables accumulate across choices to influence history biases in cognitive decision-making.
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How do humans give confidence? A comprehensive comparison of process models of perceptual metacognition
2023 · cited by 39
Multiple process models successfully quantify how human confidence ratings are generated using distinct computational assumptions.
Trading Mental Effort for Confidence in the Metacognitive Control of Value-Based Decision-Making
2019 · cited by 5
The computational model of metacognitive control shows how effort and confidence trade off during value-based decision-making.
Metacognitive Introspection Alters the Dynamics of Pre-Decisional Neural Evidence Accumulation
2024 · cited by 3
Neural evidence accumulation dynamics (such as the central-parietal positivity) are directly altered by metacognitive introspection and confidence ratings.