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For healthy subjects with metacognitive sensitivity, confidence is positively associated with accuracy.
“In general, for healthy subjects endowed with metacognitive sensitivity, when one is confident, one is more likely to be correct.”
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- Authors
- Henmon, V. A. C.
- Corresponding author
- Henmon, V. A. C.
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- Psychological Review
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- 1911-05
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 186-201
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- 1939-1471
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- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- judgment accuracy, decision time
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