Contributors ................................................... ix
On the nature, evolution, development, and epistemology of
metacognition: introductory thoughts ............................ 1
Michael J. Beran, Johannes L. Brandl, Josef Perner, and
Joelle Proust
Section I Metacognition in non-human animals
1 Evidence for animal metaminds ............................... 21
Justin J. Couchman, Michael J. Beran, Mariana
V.C. Coutinho, Joseph Boomer, and J. David Smith
2 Validating animal models of metacognition ................... 36
Jonathon D. Crystal
3 Are birds metacognitive? .................................... 50
Kazuo Fujita, Noriyuki Nakamura, Sumie Iwasaki, and Sota
Watanabe
4 Seeking information in non-human animals: weaving
a metacognitive web ......................................... 62
Josep Call
5 The emergence of metacognition: affect and uncertainty in
animals ..................................................... 76
Peter Carruthers and J. Brendan Ritchie
6 MiniMeta: in search of minimal criteria for metacognition ... 94
Josef Perner
Section II Metacognition in human development
7 Metacognition in infants and young children ................ 119
Beate Sodian, Claudia Thoermer, Susanne Kristen, and
Hannah Perst
8 Early forms of metacognition in human children ............. 134
Frank Esken
9 Pretend play in early childhood: the road between
mentalism and behaviourism ................................. 146
Johannes L. Brandl
10 The development of earlier and later forms of
metacognitive abilities: reflections on agency and
ignorance .................................................. 167
Daniela Kloo and Michael Rohwer
11 Thinking about different types of uncertainty .............. 181
S.R. Beck, E.J. Robinson, and M.G. Rowley
12 Credulity and the development of selective trust in early
childhood .................................................. 193
Paul L. Harris, Kathleen H. Corriveau, Elisabeth
S. Pasquini, Melissa Koenig, Maria Fusaro, and Fabrice
Clément
Section III Functions of metacognition
13 The subjective confidence in one's knowledge and
judgements: some metatheoretical considerations ............ 213
Asher Koriat
14 Metacognition and mindreading: one or two functions? ....... 234
Joëlle Proust
15 Metacognition and indicative conditionals: a precis ........ 252
Hannes Leitgeb
16 Is hypnotic responding the strategic relinquishment of
metacognition? ............................................. 267
Zoltán Dienes
17 What metarepresentation is for ............................. 279
Tillmann Vierkant
18 Anoetic, noetic, and autonoetic metacognition .............. 289
Janet Metcalfe and Lisa K. Son
19 Seeds of self-knowledge: noetic feelings and
metacognition .............................................. 302
Jirdme Dokic
20 Metacognitive perspectives on unawareness and uncertainty .. 322
Paul Egré and Denis Bonnay
Index ......................................................... 343
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