Overconfidence in an Objective Anticipatory Motor Task
Abstract
Overconfidence can place humans in hazardous situations, and yet it has been observed in a variety of cognitive tasks in which participants have to rate their own performance. We demonstrate here that overconfidence can be revealed in a natural and objective visuo-motor task. Participants were asked to press a key in synchrony with a predictable visual event and were rewarded if they succeeded and sometimes penalized if they were too quick or...
Paper Details
Title
Overconfidence in an Objective Anticipatory Motor Task
Published Date
Jun 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
19
Issue
6
Pages
601 - 606
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