Visual confidence refers to an observer's ability to judge the accuracy of her perceptual
decisions. Even though confidence judgments have been recorded since the early days of …

Do nonhuman animals share humans' capacity for metacognition—that is, for monitoring or
regulating their own cognitive states? Comparative psychologists have approached this …

This response defends the view that human metacognition results from us turning our
mindreading capacities upon ourselves, and that our access to our own propositional …

Experimental and observational data about the complexity and versatility of animal cognition
have been reported and discussed extensively since the subject was reviewed in the first …

Categorization is essential for survival, and it is a widely studied cognitive adaptation in
humans and animals. An influential neuroscience perspective differentiates in humans an …

When confronted with uncertain or incomplete information in decision-making situations,
monkeys and apes opt for either esca** the situation or seeking additional information …

Unlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the
human mind's greatest power: introspection.“Are you sure?” Whether in a court room, a …

Studying visual illusions is critical to understanding typical visual perception. We
investigated whether rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus …

Results that point to animals' metacognitive capacity bear a heavy burden, given the
potential for competing behavioral descriptions. In this article, formal models are used to …

Humans feel uncertain. They know when they do not know. These feelings and the
responses to them ground the research literature on metacognition. It is a natural question …