On the independence of visual awareness and metacognition: A signal detection theoretic analysis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-276

  Jachs, Barbara ^a   Blanco, Manuel J ^b   Grantham Hill, Sarah ^a   Soto, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Perceptual decision making; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METACOGNITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; METACOGNITION; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922326518     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000026     Document Type: Article

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