Modulation of Metacognition with Decoded Neurofeedback

Abstract

Humans often assess their confidence in their own perception, e.g., feeling 'confident' or 'certain' of having seen a friend, or feeling 'uncertain' about whether the phone rang. The neural mechanism underlying the metacognitive function that reflects subjective perception still remains under debate. We have previously used decoded neurofeedback (DecNef) to demonstrate that manipulating the multivoxel activation patterns in the frontoparietal network modulates perceptual confidence without affecting perceptual performance. The results provided clear evidence for a dissociation between perceptual confidence and performance and suggested a distinct role of the frontoparietal network in metacognition.