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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Metacognitive feelings are subjective experiences related to one's own mental states and abilities.
  • Examples include feelings of familiarity, confidence, and the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel account of metacognitive feelings grounded in the predictive processing framework.
  • To explain the origin and function of metacognitive feelings within this framework.

Main Methods:

  • The study employs the predictive processing framework, viewing the brain as a hierarchical hypothesis-testing system.
  • It proposes that metacognitive feelings emerge from visceral cues predicting prediction error dynamics during mental processes.

Main Results:

  • Metacognitive feelings are theorized to arise from the brain's prediction error dynamics.
  • The expected rate of prediction error reduction correlates with the valence of the metacognitive feeling.
  • These feelings serve both descriptive and directive roles, modeling the agent's situation.

Conclusions:

  • Metacognitive feelings are not merely appraisals of cognitive performance but also action policies.
  • They guide bodily, mental, and interoceptive actions to shape the agent's epistemic landscape.