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BS 185 Stephen Fleming on "the neuroscience of self-awareness"

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Immediacy of Metacognition in Animals

The author says implicit metacognition is widespread among other animals. In an experiment, rats waited longer to receive a reward when they made correct decisions. The length of time they waited predicted the probability that they would be correct on a group of decisions.

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