Joelle Proust

Joelle Proust, Director of research at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, dives deep into metacognition—essentially thinking about thinking. She discusses how both humans and some non-human animals like macaques exhibit metacognitive abilities, from assessing memory to decision-making confidence. Proust contrasts evaluative and metarepresentational accounts of metacognition, shedding light on cognitive disorders related to schizophrenia. With insights from psychology and philosophy, she argues for the interconnectedness of these fields in understanding mental agency.