title: To bet, or not to bet: that is the question of SEF spikes.
abstract: The ability of animals to monitor their own cognitive processes is called metacognition. In this issue of Neuron, Middlebrooks and Sommer (2012) show that single-unit activity of SEF neurons exhibit a metacognitive signal while monkeys perform a postdecision wagering task.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyashita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*