Metacognition in monkeys during an oculomotor task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-337

  Middlebrooks, Paul G ^a   Sommer, Marc A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Decision making; Eye movements; Metacognition; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MACACA MULATTA; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DECISION MAKING; MACACA MULATTA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952419935     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021611     Document Type: Article

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