Internal error-corrections, not correct-to-incorrect changes-of-mind, produce the inverted low-confidence decision weights¶
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q2 i? A model variant allowing only error-corrections reproduced the observed pattern, while a variant allowing only correct-to-incorrect changes could not. → Lorenz Weise 2022
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Lorenz Weise 2022¶
Lorenz Weise, Saskia D. Forster, Siegfried Gauggel. (2022). Reverse-correlation reveals internal error-corrections during information-seeking. Metacognition and Learning (2022) 17:321–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-021-09286-4
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Model comparison in which changes-of-mind were selectively removed before computing simulated decision weights. The no-error-corrections model could not explain the low-confidence pattern; the only-error-corrections model reproduced the behavioral pattern.
"when only error-corrections are allowed, while changes from correct- to incorrect responses are removed ("only error-corrections"), the model is able to reproduce the pattern of results observed in the behavioral data."
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Related Claims¶
- Reverse-correlation decision weights are positive for the chosen stimulus dimension and weaker on low-confidence trials across confidence-assessment methods — related
- Low-confidence info-seeking trials show inverted decision weights, unlike explicit reports and post-decision wagering — related
- The inverted low-confidence info-seeking pattern persists when only each participant's first condition is analyzed — related
- A single decision-and-confidence model with no condition-specific parameters fits decision weights across all three methods — related
- Learners' self-assessments of response correctness are imperfect, with asymmetric error rates for incorrect and correct responses — related
- Primary task accuracy is higher in the info-seeking condition than in the explicit reports and wagering conditions — related
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Internal error-corrections, not correct-to-incorrect changes-of-mind, produce the inverted low-confidence decision weights |
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Internal error-corrections, not correct-to-incorrect changes-of-mind, produce the inverted low-confidence decision weights |
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