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Comment
. 2014 May;128(2):135-7; discussion 140-2.
doi: 10.1037/a0034412.

Metacognition as discrimination: commentary on Smith et al. (2014)

Benjamin M Basile  1 , Robert R Hampton  1
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Metacognition as discrimination: commentary on Smith et al. (2014)

Benjamin M Basile et al. J Comp Psychol. 2014 May.

Abstract

Smith, Couchman, and Beran (2014, pp. 115-131) critique recent "low-level" associative process models of nonhuman metacognition. We agree with many aspects of their critique. However, the alternative account they offer may not help specify the mechanisms of metacognition. We propose a middle-ground approach, based on the methods of comparative psychophysics, by which metacognition is treated as a discrimination problem.

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