Humans feel uncertain. They know when they do not know. These feelings and the
responses to them ground the research literature on metacognition. It is a natural question …

A growing literature considers whether animals have capacities that are akin to human
metacognition (ie, humans' capacity to monitor their states of uncertainty and knowing) …

This is a transitory chapter linking Section I on comparative animal studies with the
upcoming Section II on developmental studies with human infants and children. I am …

The uncertainty response has grounded the study of metacognition in nonhuman animals.
Recent research has explored the processes supporting uncertainty monitoring in monkeys …

The uncertainty response has been influential in studies of human perception, and it is
crucial in the growing research literature that explores animal metacognition. However, the …

Packet theory (Kirkpatrick 2002; Kirkpatrick and Church 2003) was originally developed to
provide a bridge between classical conditioning and interval timing. These two fields …

The aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is a burrowing quadruped nocturnal mammal that can be
found across sub-Saharan Africa. People often mistakenly identify aardvarks as anteaters …

Previous studies have indicated that rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) but not capuchin
monkeys (Cebus apella) respond to difficult or ambiguous situations by choosing not to …

Comparative and cognitive psychologists interpret performance in different ways. Animal
researchers invoke a dominant construct of associative learning. Human researchers …

Ongoing research explores whether animals have precursors to metacognition—that is, the
capacity to monitor mental states or cognitive processes. Comparative psychologists have …