title: Metacognition as discrimination: commentary on Smith et al. (2014).
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Hampton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D011587:Psychology, Comparative / Q000592:standards*; D035501:Uncertainty