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Perspectives On Psychological Science

Publication date: 2022-11-01
Volume: 17 Pages: 1746 - 1765
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Author:

Rahnev, Dobromir
Balsdon, Tarryn ; Charles, Lucie ; de Gardelle, Vincent ; Denison, Rachel ; Desender, Kobe ; Faivre, Nathan ; Filevich, Elisa ; Fleming, Stephen M ; Jehee, Janneke ; Lau, Hakwan ; Lee, Alan LF ; Locke, Shannon M ; Mamassian, Pascal ; Odegaard, Brian ; Peters, Megan ; Reyes, Gabriel ; Rouault, Marion ; Sackur, Jerome ; Samaha, Jason ; Sergent, Claire ; Sherman, Maxine T ; Siedlecka, Marta ; Soto, David ; Vlassova, Alexandra ; Zylberberg, Ariel

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Psychology, Multidisciplinary, Psychology, visual metacognition, confidence, perceptual decision making, goals, SIGNAL-DETECTION, MEASURING CONSCIOUSNESS, DECISION-MAKING, CAUSAL EVIDENCE, CONFIDENCE, RECOGNITION, FRAMEWORK, AWARENESS, CHOICE, DISCRIMINATION, Humans, Metacognition, Consensus, Goals, Achievement, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Social Psychology, 52 Psychology

Abstract:

Despite the tangible progress in psychological and cognitive sciences over the last several years, these disciplines still trail other more mature sciences in identifying the most important questions that need to be solved. Reaching such consensus could lead to greater synergy across different laboratories, faster progress, and increased focus on solving important problems rather than pursuing isolated, niche efforts. Here, 26 researchers from the field of visual metacognition reached consensus on four long-term and two medium-term common goals. We describe the process that we followed, the goals themselves, and our plans for accomplishing these goals. If this effort proves successful within the next few years, such consensus building around common goals could be adopted more widely in psychological science.