Megan A K Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 920256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan A K Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan A K |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS M A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0248-0816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Optimal metacognitive decision strategies in signal detection theory
Signal detection theory (SDT) has long provided the field of psychology with a simple but powerful model of how observers make decisions under uncertainty. SDT can distinguish sensitivity from response bias and characterize optimal decision strategies. Whereas classical SDT pertains to “type 1” judgments about the world, recent work has extended SDT to quantify sensitivity for metacognitive or “type 2” judgments about one’s own type 1 processing,…
Measuring motor awareness and metacognition at the start, middle, and end of a reaching movement
The ability to monitor our arm position during goal-directed behaviour allows us to bring our limb to a target as accurately as possible. Despite our success in executing accurate movements, some work suggests that individuals have limited access to information about their limb position. However, other evidence from metacognition research indicates that people have some access to details about their movements. In these studies, individuals are as…
How to develop good research questions
Unconscious Perception of Vernier Offsets
The comparison between conscious and unconscious perception is a cornerstone of consciousness science. However, most studies reporting above-chance discrimination of unseen stimuli do not control for criterion biases when assessing awareness. We tested whether observers can discriminate subjectively invisible offsets of Vernier stimuli when visibility is probed using a bias-free task. To reduce visibility, stimuli were either backward masked or p…
Toward ‘Computational-Rationality’ Approaches to Arbitrating Models of Cognition: A Case Study Using Perceptual Metacognition
Perceptual confidence results from a metacognitive process which evaluates how likely our percepts are to be correct. Many competing models of perceptual metacognition enjoy strong empirical support. Arbitrating these models traditionally proceeds via researchers conducting experiments and then fitting several models to the data collected. However, such a process often includes conditions or paradigms that may not best arbitrate competing models:…
Consensus Goals in the Field of Visual Metacognition
Despite the tangible progress in psychological and cognitive sciences over the last several years, these disciplines still trail other more mature sciences in identifying the most important questions that need to be solved. Reaching such consensus could lead to greater synergy across different laboratories, faster progress, and increased focus on solving important problems rather than pursuing isolated, niche efforts. Here, 26 researchers from th…
Consensus goals in the field of visual metacognition
Despite the tangible progress in psychological and cognitive sciences over the last several years, these disciplines still trail other more mature sciences in identifying the most important questions that need to be solved. Reaching such consensus could lead to greater synergy across different laboratories, faster progress, and increased focus on solving important problems rather than pursuing isolated, niche efforts. Here, 26 researchers from th…
Confirmation bias without rhyme or reason
Having a confirmation bias sometimes leads us to hold inaccurate beliefs. So, the puzzle goes: why do we have it? According to the influential argumentative theory of reasoning, confirmation bias emerges because the primary function of reason is not to form accurate beliefs, but to convince others that we’re right. A crucial prediction of the theory, then, is that confirmation bias should be found only in the reasoning domain. In this article, we…
Efficiently adding up our sensory evidence
Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness
On a ‘failed’ attempt to manipulate visual metacognition with transcranial magnetic stimulation to prefrontal cortex
Perceptual confidence neglects decision-incongruent evidence in the brain
Perceptual confidence neglects decision-incongruent evidence in the brain
On a ‘failed’ attempt to manipulate visual metacognition with transcranial magnetic stimulation to prefrontal cortex
Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness
Efficiently adding up our sensory evidence
Consensus goals in the field of visual metacognition
Despite the tangible progress in psychological and cognitive sciences over the last several years, these disciplines still trail other more mature sciences in identifying the most important questions that need to be solved. Reaching such consensus could lead to greater synergy across different laboratories, faster progress, and increased focus on solving important problems rather than pursuing isolated, niche efforts. Here, 26 researchers from th…
Confirmation bias without rhyme or reason
Having a confirmation bias sometimes leads us to hold inaccurate beliefs. So, the puzzle goes: why do we have it? According to the influential argumentative theory of reasoning, confirmation bias emerges because the primary function of reason is not to form accurate beliefs, but to convince others that we’re right. A crucial prediction of the theory, then, is that confirmation bias should be found only in the reasoning domain. In this article, we…
Consensus Goals in the Field of Visual Metacognition
Despite the tangible progress in psychological and cognitive sciences over the last several years, these disciplines still trail other more mature sciences in identifying the most important questions that need to be solved. Reaching such consensus could lead to greater synergy across different laboratories, faster progress, and increased focus on solving important problems rather than pursuing isolated, niche efforts. Here, 26 researchers from th…
Toward ‘Computational-Rationality’ Approaches to Arbitrating Models of Cognition: A Case Study Using Perceptual Metacognition
Perceptual confidence results from a metacognitive process which evaluates how likely our percepts are to be correct. Many competing models of perceptual metacognition enjoy strong empirical support. Arbitrating these models traditionally proceeds via researchers conducting experiments and then fitting several models to the data collected. However, such a process often includes conditions or paradigms that may not best arbitrate competing models:…
Unconscious Perception of Vernier Offsets
The comparison between conscious and unconscious perception is a cornerstone of consciousness science. However, most studies reporting above-chance discrimination of unseen stimuli do not control for criterion biases when assessing awareness. We tested whether observers can discriminate subjectively invisible offsets of Vernier stimuli when visibility is probed using a bias-free task. To reduce visibility, stimuli were either backward masked or p…
Optimal metacognitive decision strategies in signal detection theory
Signal detection theory (SDT) has long provided the field of psychology with a simple but powerful model of how observers make decisions under uncertainty. SDT can distinguish sensitivity from response bias and characterize optimal decision strategies. Whereas classical SDT pertains to “type 1” judgments about the world, recent work has extended SDT to quantify sensitivity for metacognitive or “type 2” judgments about one’s own type 1 processing,…
Measuring motor awareness and metacognition at the start, middle, and end of a reaching movement
The ability to monitor our arm position during goal-directed behaviour allows us to bring our limb to a target as accurately as possible. Despite our success in executing accurate movements, some work suggests that individuals have limited access to information about their limb position. However, other evidence from metacognition research indicates that people have some access to details about their movements. In these studies, individuals are as…
How to develop good research questions
Psychology (12 works) · Cognitive psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Neuroscience (8 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Metacognition (6 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 works) · Neural dynamics and brain function (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Engineering ethics (3 works)