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Forming global estimates of self-performance from local confidence

Authors :
Marion Rouault
Peter Dayan
Stephen M. Fleming
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Human confidence tracks current performance, but little is known about the formation of ‘global’ self-performance estimates over longer timescales. Here, the authors show that people use local confidence to form global estimates, but tend to underestimate their performance when feedback is absent.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.79b3fc605c5a46ad8cdaba1cf5b24a15
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09075-3