One important aspect of metacognition is the ability to accurately evaluate one's
performance. People vary widely in their metacognitive ability and in general are too�…

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�…

Ability in various cognitive domains is often assessed by measuring task performance, such
as the accuracy of a perceptual categorization. A similar analysis can be applied to�…

Metacognition refers to thinking about our own thinking and implies a distinction between
primary and secondary cognition. This article reviews how neuroscience has dealt with this�…

Neuroscience has made considerable progress in understanding the neural substrates
supporting cognitive performance in a number of domains, including memory, perception�…

Metacognition supports reflection upon and control of other cognitive processes. Despite
metacognition occupying a central role in human psychology, its neural substrates remain�…

Humans have the capacity to evaluate the success of cognitive processes, known as
metacognition. Convergent evidence supports a role for anterior prefrontal cortex in�…

Metacognition and self-awareness are commonly assumed to operate as global capacities.
However, there have been few attempts to test this assumption across multiple cognitive�…

Despite many research efforts dedicated toward deciphering the functional architecture
underlying metacognition, it is still unclear if there is a common metacognitive resource for�…

In many situations, actively engaging in metacognition may improve cognitive achievement
and subjective well-being. However, the potential disadvantages of metacognitive�…