Different in degree or kind: Chimp metacognition (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, June 08, 2015, 22:08 (3245 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Three chimps are tested to see if they recognize when they have answered a question successfully. They head for the food reward earlier if they think they are correct. But this is only three subjects, totally statistically invalid:-"Metacognition occurs when individuals monitor what they know and don't know, when they seek information they need to know and when they respond to a question with high confidence or low confidence. Confidence measures are one clear means of looking at how humans monitor their own knowledge states. Humans can orally report confidence or lack of confidence or even use numerical ratings scales. They also can give confidence ratings through non-verbal behaviors such as shoulder shrugs, hesitations in responses and similar behaviors.- ***
"The team concluded that these results, along with others, touch on the idea that chimpanzees share with humans the capacity for metacognitive monitoring. Although this capacity does not mean chimpanzees have the same conscious experiences humans can have when they act metacognitively, it does reflect a form of cognitive control that underlies intelligent decision-making across species."- Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-chimpanzees.html#jCp