How local and global metacognition shape mental health

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on our own cognition and mental states. It is a critical aspect of human subjective experience and operates across many hierarchical levels of abstraction —encompassing “local” confidence in isolated decisions and “global” self-beliefs about our abilities and skills. Alterations in metacognition are considered foundational to neurological and psychiatric disorders, but research has mostly focused on local metacognitive computations, missing out on the role of global aspects of metacognition.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - May 22, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tricia X.F. Seow, Marion Rouault, Claire M. Gillan, Stephen M. Fleming Tags: Review Source Type: research