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Action information contributes to metacognitive decision-making.
Sci Rep. 2020 02 27; 10(1):3632.SR

Abstract

Metacognitive abilities allow us to adjust ongoing behavior and modify future decisions in the absence of external feedback. Although metacognition is critical in many daily life settings, it remains unclear what information is actually being monitored and what kind of information is being used for metacognitive decisions. In the present study, we investigated whether response information connected to perceptual events contribute to metacognitive decision-making. Therefore, we recorded EEG signals during a perceptual color discrimination task while participants were asked to provide an estimate about the quality of their decision on each trial. Critically, the moment participants provided their confidence judgments varied across conditions, thereby changing the amount of action information (e.g., response competition or response fluency) available for metacognitive decisions. Results from three experiments demonstrate that metacognitive performance improved when first-order action information was available at the moment metacognitive decisions about the perceptual task had to be provided. This behavioral effect was accompanied by enhanced functional connectivity (beta phase synchrony) between motor areas and prefrontal regions, exclusively observed during metacognitive decision-making. Our findings demonstrate that action information contributes to metacognitive decision-making, thereby painting a picture of metacognition as a process that integrates sensory evidence and information about our interactions with the world.

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Wokke ME
Programs in Psychology and Biology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. martijnwokke@gmail.com. Department of Psychology, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. martijnwokke@gmail.com. Consciousness, Cognition, and Computation Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium. martijnwokke@gmail.com.
Achoui D
Consciousness, Cognition, and Computation Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium. Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium. Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Cleeremans A
Consciousness, Cognition, and Computation Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium. Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium. Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium.

MeSH

AdolescentAdultDecision MakingElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansJudgmentMaleMetacognitionPrefrontal CortexYoung Adult

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32107455

Citation

Wokke, Martijn E., et al. "Action Information Contributes to Metacognitive Decision-making." Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, 2020, p. 3632.
Wokke ME, Achoui D, Cleeremans A. Action information contributes to metacognitive decision-making. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):3632.
Wokke, M. E., Achoui, D., & Cleeremans, A. (2020). Action information contributes to metacognitive decision-making. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 3632. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60382-y
Wokke ME, Achoui D, Cleeremans A. Action Information Contributes to Metacognitive Decision-making. Sci Rep. 2020 02 27;10(1):3632. PubMed PMID: 32107455.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Action information contributes to metacognitive decision-making. AU - Wokke,Martijn E, AU - Achoui,Dalila, AU - Cleeremans,Axel, Y1 - 2020/02/27/ PY - 2019/11/02/received PY - 2020/02/10/accepted PY - 2020/2/29/entrez PY - 2020/2/29/pubmed PY - 2020/11/21/medline SP - 3632 EP - 3632 JF - Scientific reports JO - Sci Rep VL - 10 IS - 1 N2 - Metacognitive abilities allow us to adjust ongoing behavior and modify future decisions in the absence of external feedback. Although metacognition is critical in many daily life settings, it remains unclear what information is actually being monitored and what kind of information is being used for metacognitive decisions. In the present study, we investigated whether response information connected to perceptual events contribute to metacognitive decision-making. Therefore, we recorded EEG signals during a perceptual color discrimination task while participants were asked to provide an estimate about the quality of their decision on each trial. Critically, the moment participants provided their confidence judgments varied across conditions, thereby changing the amount of action information (e.g., response competition or response fluency) available for metacognitive decisions. Results from three experiments demonstrate that metacognitive performance improved when first-order action information was available at the moment metacognitive decisions about the perceptual task had to be provided. This behavioral effect was accompanied by enhanced functional connectivity (beta phase synchrony) between motor areas and prefrontal regions, exclusively observed during metacognitive decision-making. Our findings demonstrate that action information contributes to metacognitive decision-making, thereby painting a picture of metacognition as a process that integrates sensory evidence and information about our interactions with the world. SN - 2045-2322 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32107455/Action_information_contributes_to_metacognitive_decision_making_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -