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  • Metacognitive efficiency measures introspection ability relative to task performance.
  • Visual metacognitive efficiency manipulation remains poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between sensory noise and metacognitive efficiency.
  • To test a hierarchical model's prediction that higher sensory noise increases metacognitive efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a perceptual learning paradigm to manipulate sensory noise.
  • Conducted experiments involving training, brief learning, and varying stimulus contrasts.
  • Employed a hierarchical model of confidence generation for analysis.

Main Results:

  • Decreased sensory noise through training led to decreased metacognitive efficiency.
  • Higher sensory noise conditions correlated with increased metacognitive efficiency.
  • Findings support the existence of metacognitive noise affecting confidence judgments.

Conclusions:

  • Demonstrated a robust positive relationship between sensory noise and metacognitive efficiency.
  • Provided evidence for metacognitive noise corrupting confidence but not perceptual decisions.
  • Challenged standard models by highlighting the distinct corruption of confidence judgments.