Domain-specific impairment in metacognitive accuracy following anterior prefrontal lesions.

Journal article

Humans have the capacity to evaluate the success of cognitive processes, known as metacognition. Convergent evidence supports a role for anterior prefrontal cortex in metacognitive judgements of perceptual processes. However, it is unknown whether metacognition is a global phenomenon, with anterior prefrontal cortex supporting metacognition across domains, or whether it relies on domain-specific neural substrates. To address this question, we measured metacognitive accuracy in patients with l...

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Authors: Fleming, S; Ryu, J; Golfinos, J; Blackmon, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Brain : a journal of neurology
• Volume: 137
• Issue: Pt 10
• Pages: 2811-2822
• Publication date: 2014-10-01
• DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu221
• EISSN: 1460-2156
• ISSN: 0006-8950
• Language: English
• Keywords: Intelligence Tests; Photic Stimulation; Algorithms; Perception; Neuropsychological Tests; Temporal Lobe; Prefrontal Cortex; Memory; Signal Detection, Psychological; Epilepsy; Attention; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Male; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Cognition; Humans; Adult; Psychomotor Performance; Brain Neoplasms