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Which brain region is specifically involved in tracking explicit confidence?
Which brain region is specifically involved in tracking explicit confidence?
Lateral Frontal Pole (FPl)
What are the key regions involved in tracking explicit confidence?
What are the key regions involved in tracking explicit confidence?
Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex (pMFC), Perigenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex (pgACC), Lateral Frontal Pole (FPl)
What is the role of Frontopolar Cortex in cognition?
What is the role of Frontopolar Cortex in cognition?
Managing novel situations, controlling attention, evaluation, reasoning, reality monitoring
How are individual differences in metacognition represented in the brain?
How are individual differences in metacognition represented in the brain?
What complex models are used to understand and predict metacognitive judgments and fluctuations?
What complex models are used to understand and predict metacognitive judgments and fluctuations?
Which methods are employed to examine shared signals for confidence across tasks?
Which methods are employed to examine shared signals for confidence across tasks?
What is the impact of metacognitive sensitivity on political attitudes and decision-making?
What is the impact of metacognitive sensitivity on political attitudes and decision-making?
How do confidence levels influence the process of seeking information?
How do confidence levels influence the process of seeking information?
What is the relationship between dogmatic beliefs and patterns of information seeking?
What is the relationship between dogmatic beliefs and patterns of information seeking?
Explain the impact of dogmatism on the propensity to seek information.
Explain the impact of dogmatism on the propensity to seek information.
How does metacognition relate to political attitudes?
How does metacognition relate to political attitudes?
What role does confidence play in the pursuit of information?
What role does confidence play in the pursuit of information?
What tasks are used to separate metacognitive ability from task performance?
What tasks are used to separate metacognitive ability from task performance?
How is metacognitive ability quantified in the studies mentioned?
How is metacognitive ability quantified in the studies mentioned?
What does the association between behavior (d') and self-evaluation (confidence meta-d') measure?
What does the association between behavior (d') and self-evaluation (confidence meta-d') measure?
Which key brain region tracks an integrated representation of confidence?
Which key brain region tracks an integrated representation of confidence?
How does lateral/anterior PFC contribute to metacognitive sensitivity?
How does lateral/anterior PFC contribute to metacognitive sensitivity?
What does good metacognition enhance, especially when one is likely to be wrong?
What does good metacognition enhance, especially when one is likely to be wrong?
