Projektnummer

0060697

Zusammenfassung

As humans, we can monitor and report that we have perceived an event generated in the external world. We can also accurately report mental states generated internally like the contents of our thoughts, the focus of our attention or our intentions to move. This ability to monitor diverse cognitive functions is called metacognition and, despite its importance, its underlying brain mechanisms remain largely unknown. Studying metacognition is not straightforward. In the perceptual domain, researchers typically present carefully controlled stimuli to experimental participants, in order to m...