Blind Insight: Metacognitive Discrimination Despite Chance Task Performance

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2199-2208

  Scott, Ryan B ^a   Dienes, Zoltan ^a   Barrett, Adam B ^b   Bor, Daniel ^b   Seth, Anil K ^b  

^a Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive neuroscience; consciousness; decision making; insight; judgment; open data; open materials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918790490     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614553944     Document Type: Article

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