Confidence judgments are typically less informative about one's accuracy than they could
be; a phenomenon we call metacognitive inefficiency. We review the existence of different …

Metacognition is the capacity to evaluate and control one's own cognitive processes.
Metacognition operates over a range of cognitive domains, such as perception and memory …

Background Distortions in metacognition—the ability to reflect on and control other cognitive
processes—are thought to be characteristic of poor mental health. However, it remains …

The world tends to be stable from moment to moment, leading to strong serial correlations in
natural scenes. As similar stimuli usually require similar behavioural responses, it is highly …

Metacognition is the capacity to evaluate the success of one's own cognitive processes in
various domains; for example, memory and perception. It remains controversial whether …

Human perceptual decisions are often described as optimal. Critics of this view have argued
that claims of optimality are overly flexible and lack explanatory power. Meanwhile …

Decisions vary in difficulty. Humans know this and typically report more confidence in easy
than in difficult decisions. However, confidence reports do not perfectly track decision …

Metacognition refers to the ability to reflect on and monitor one's cognitive processes, such
as perception, memory and decision-making. Metacognition is often assessed in the lab by …

Understanding how people rate their confidence is critical for the characterization of a wide
range of perceptual, memory, motor and cognitive processes. To enable the continued …

Human perception is invariably accompanied by a graded feeling of confidence that guides
metacognitive awareness and decision-making. It is often assumed that this arises solely …