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DESCRIPTION:The Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series will advance the visi
 on of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2014)\, Former Director of the Neuro (1972
 –1984)\, to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The talks 
 will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology\, co
 gnitive neuroscience\, and neuroimaging.\n\nSpeakers will include scientis
 ts from across The Neuro\, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally
  and from around the world. The series is intended to provide a virtual fo
 rum for scientists and trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary ex
 changes on the mechanisms\, diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive
  disorders.\n\n\nRegister for In-Person\n\nTo watch online\, click here\n
 \nHost: Ross Otto\n\n\nHow the human brain thinks about itself: metacognit
 ion\, reality monitoring and conscious experience\n\nAbstract: The human b
 rain has a remarkable ability to monitor and evaluate its own mental state
 s\, known as metacognition. Metacognition enables us to recognise gaps in 
 our knowledge and collaborate effectively. Conversely\, problems with meta
 cognition are linked to maladaptive behaviours\, such as endorsing false b
 eliefs or being unaware of our limitations. In my talk I will review the d
 evelopment of experimental and modelling tools that allow us to isolate ho
 w metacognitive capacity relates to human brain function and supports a ri
 ch awareness of our skills and capabilities. I will describe the psycholog
 ical structure of metacognition across different tasks\, and outline evide
 nce for a hierarchical framework in which self-performance is tracked over
  multiple interacting timescales\, allowing people to construct and update
  internal models of ability in a range of domains. In the second part of t
 he talk I will describe recent behavioural and neuroimaging experiments wh
 ich ask how and whether people are able to tell the difference between rea
 lity and imagination - a core function of perceptual metacognition. I’ll e
 nd by considering the implications of a science of metacognition and reali
 ty monitoring for theories of human consciousness.\n\nStephen Fleming\n\nP
 rofessor of Cognitive Neuroscience\, University College London\n\n\n\nStep
 hen Fleming is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL’s Institute of C
 ognitive Neuroscience and Department of Experimental Psychology\, and Grou
 p Leader at the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry. He hol
 ds degrees in Psychology and Physiology (University of Oxford) and a PhD i
 n Cognitive Neuroscience (UCL)\, and subsequently pursued postdoctoral tra
 ining at New York University.\n\nStephen's research on human consciousness
  and metacognition (https://metacoglab.org) has been recognised by awards 
 including the British Academy Wiley Prize in Psychology (2016)\, the Phili
 p Leverhulme Prize in Psychology (2018)\, the British Psychological Societ
 y Spearman Medal (2019)\, and selection as a Fellow of the Canadian Instit
 ute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)'s Brain\, Mind and Consciousness Program
  (2023). He has received fellowships from the Wellcome Trust and ERC\, and
  is currently co-Director of ETHOS\, an adversarial collaboration testing 
 higher-order theories of consciousness funded by the Templeton World Chari
 ty Foundation. In 2025 Stephen was awarded the Francis Crick Medal and Lec
 ture by the Royal Society for tackling foundational questions about the ne
 urobiology of conscious experience\, and advancing our understanding of th
 e neural and computational basis of metacognition. His 2021 book Know Thys
 elf: The New Science of Self-Awareness has been translated into 7 language
 s and was the subject of features in Science Magazine\, New Scientist\, th
 e Financial Times and The New Yorker.\n
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LOCATION:De Grandpré Communications Centre\, The Neuro
SUMMARY:Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series: How the human brain thinks a
 bout itself: metacognition\, reality monitoring and conscious experience
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 ar-series-how-human-brain-thinks-about-itself-metacognition-reality-368892
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