Neural oscillations of metacognition: evidence for domain-specificity and age-related compensation.

ABSTRACT: Metacognition enables adaptive behavior through the self-evaluation of our cognitions. An unresolved question is whether metacognition relies on domain-general or domain-specific mechanisms. The domain-general account proposes that shared prefrontal resources support metacognition across all cognitive functions. This predicts that metacognitive abilities should correlate across cognitive tasks and show uniform age-related decline, as aging would affect this shared system. However, behavioral results show inconsistent cross-domain correlations and age-related decline, often confounded by methodological differences between tasks. The neural oscillations supporting metacognition also remain unclear, though electroencephalography (EEG) studies suggest theta oscillations as a potential mechanis

SUBMITTER: Pace T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12570022 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature