Foundations of Metacognition

by Beran, Michael J.; Brandl, Johannes; Perner, Josef; Proust, Joelle

• ISBN13: 9780199646739
• ISBN10: 0199646732
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Metacognition refers to the awareness individuals have of their own mental processes (also referred to as ' thinking about thinking'). In the past thirty years it has become a significant interdisciplinary area of research in the cognitive sciences. The Foundations of Metacognition is concerned with three particular issues central to the topic of metacognition; do nonhuman animals process the ability to monitor their own mental actions? If metacognitionis unique to humans, then at what stage in development does it occur; how can we distinguish between cognitive and metacognitive processes? This book brings together leading cognitive scientists carrying out work in developmental psychology, animal behaviour, and philosophy, and is intended for students andresearchers in cognitive and developmental psychology, as well as philosophy of mind.

Table of Contents

Metacognition in Non-human Animals
1. Evidence for Animal Metaminds, Justin J. Couchman, Michael J. Beran, Mariana V. C. Coutinho, Joseph Boomer, and J. David Smith
2. Validating Animal Models of Metacognition, Jonathan Crystal
3. Are Birds Metacognitive?, Fujita, Kazuo, Noriyuki Nakamura, Sumie Iwasaki, and Sota Watanabe
4. Seeking Information in Nonhuman Animals: Weaving a Metacognitive Web, Josep Call
5. The Emergence of Metacognition: Affect and Uncertainty in Animals, Peter Carruthers and J. Brendan Ritchie
6. MiniMeta-: In Search of Minimal Criteria for Metacognition, Josef Perner
Metacogition in Human Development
7. Metacognition in Infants and Young Children, Beate Sodian, Claudia Thoermer, Susanne Kristen, and Hannah Perst
8. Early Forms of Metacognition in Human Children, Frank Esken
9. Pretend-Play in Early Childhood: The Road Between Mentalism and Behaviourism, Johannes L. Brandl
10. The Development of Earlier and Later Forms of Metacognitive Abilities: Reflections on Agency and Ignorance, Daniela Kloo and Michael Rohwer
11. Thinking about Different Types of Uncertainty, S. R. Beck, E. J. Robinson, and M. G. Rowley
12. Credulity and the Development of Selective Trust in Early Childhood, Paul L. Harris, Kathleen Corriveau, Elisabeth S. Pasquini, Melissa Koenig, Maria Fusaro, and Fabrice Clement
Functions of Metacognition
13. The Subjective Confidence in One's Knowledge and Judgments: Some Metatheoretical Considerations, Asher Koriat
14. Metacognition and Mindreading: One or Two Functions?, Joelle Proust
15. Metacognition and Indicative Conditionals: A Precis, Hannes Leitgeb
16. Is Hypnotic Responding the Strategic Relinquishment of Metacognition?, Zoltan Dienes
17. What Metarepresentation is for?, Tillman Vierkant
18. Anoetic, Noetic and Autonoetic Metacognition, Janet Metcalfe and Lisa K. Son
19. Seeds of Self-Knowledge: Noetic Feelings and Metacognition, Jerome Dokic
20. Metacognitive Perspectives on Unawareness and Uncertainty, Paul Egre and Denis Bonnay