The comparative psychology of uncertainty monitoring and metacognition.
The Behavioral and brain sciences June 2003 J David Smith, Wendy E Shields, David A Washburn
Researchers have begun to explore animals' capacities for uncertainty monitoring and metacognition. This exploration could extend the study of animal self-awareness and establish the relationship of self-awareness to other-awareness. It could sharpen descriptions of metacognition in the human literature and suggest the earliest roots of metacognition in human development. We summarize research...