Domain-specific impairment in metacognitive accuracy following anterior prefrontal lesions

Convergent evidence supports a role for anterior prefrontal cortex (PFC) in metacognition—the capacity to evaluate cognitive processes—but whether metacognition relies on global or domain-specific substrates is unknown. Fleming et al. report that patients with anterior PFC lesions show impaired perceptual metacognition despite intact memory metacognition, supporting a domain-specific account.

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