Metacognition: Computation, biology and function

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1594, 2012, Pages 1280-1286

  Fleming, Stephen M ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^b   Frith, Christopher D ^b,c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational modelling; Consciousnes; Metacognition; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859520450     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0021     Document Type: Editorial

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