The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence.

摘要: Spatial attention allows us to make more accurate decisions about events in our environment. Decision confidence is thought be intimately linked the decision making process as ratings are tightly coupled accuracy. While both spatial and have been subjected extensive research, surprisingly little known interaction between these two processes. Since increases performance it might expected that would also increase. However, studies investigating effects of endogenous on found contradictory results. Here we investigated distinct forms confidence; exogenous attention. We used an orientation-matching task, comparing conditions (endogenous exogenous) a control condition without directed Participants performed better under than condition. Higher were but not This finding suggests while can increase ratings, must voluntarily deployed for this take place. discuss possible implications relative overconfidence only during with respect theoretical background confidence.