Uncertainty Monitoring in Sprague-Dawley Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

................................................................................... ii DEDICATION.................................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................iv TABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................................v LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES........................................................ vi GENERAL INTRODUCTION..............................................................1 What is Metacognition? ............................................................ 1 Evolutionary Roots of Metacognition.............................................3 Comparative Research in Uncertainty Monitoring...............................4 METHOD......................................................................................18 Subjects................................................................................18 Apparatus..............................................................................18 Procedure..............................................................................19 Pilot Study....................................................................20 Testing.........................................................................28 RESULTS....................................................................................... 29 DISCUSSION.................................................................................. 34 REFERENCES.................................................................................42