Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of
establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable …

Higher-order theories of consciousness argue that conscious awareness crucially depends
on higher-order mental representations that represent oneself as being in particular mental …

Inter-individual variability in perception, thought and action is frequently treated as a source
of'noise'in scientific investigations of the neural mechanisms that underlie these processes …

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 …

Highlights•Most of the brain's early computations can be performed in a non-conscious
mode.•Conscious perception results in an amplification, propagation and integration of brain …

Is metacognition a general resource shared across domains? Previous research has
documented consistent biases in judgments across tasks. In contrast, there is debate …

Metacognition, the ability to monitor one's own cognitive processes, is frequently assumed to
be univocally associated with conscious processing. However, some monitoring processes …

To study (un) conscious perception and test hypotheses about consciousness, researchers
need procedures for determining whether subjects consciously perceive stimuli or not. This …

Previously we have proposed a signal detection theory (SDT) methodology for measuring
metacognitive sensitivity (Maniscalco and Lau, Conscious Cogn 21: 422–430, 2012). Our …

The two leading cognitive accounts of consciousness currently available concern global
workspace (a form of working memory) and metacognition. There is relatively little …