Assessing error awareness without relying on introspective judgment?

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¹ Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany ; Day Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University Clinic Leipzig Leipzig, Germany.

Tilmann A Klein et al. Front Neurosci. 2013.

. 2013 Jul 8:7:113.

doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00113. eCollection 2013.

¹ Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany ; Day Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University Clinic Leipzig Leipzig, Germany.

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