Does perceptual confidence facilitate cognitive control?

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1295-1306

  Koizumi, Ai ^a,b,c   Maniscalco, Brian ^a,d   Lau, Hakwan ^a,e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c US Japan Brain Research Cooperation Program   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Confidence; Perceptual confidence; Signal detection theory; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939942018     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-015-0843-3     Document Type: Article

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