Lucie Charles
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2
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51
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About
Lucie Charles is a cognitive neuroscientist whose research lies at the intersection of metacognition, action perception, and voluntary movement. Her work explores how people evaluate the success of their own actions—a domain where metacognitive judgments often diverge from objective performance. In her most cited study, "Evidence for metacognitive bias in perception of voluntary action" (2019, 45 citations), Charles demonstrated that individuals exhibit systematic biases when estimating the outcomes of their voluntary actions compared to passive movements. This finding challenges traditional models of metacognition, which have largely focused on perceptual decision-making, and extends the field into the realm of motor control and agency. By comparing metacognitive abilities across voluntary and passive conditions, she revealed that people are not only overconfident in their actions but also show distinct patterns of bias that are tied to the sense of agency. Her work has important implications for understanding disorders of action awareness, such as schizophrenia or apraxia, where metacognitive monitoring of movement is impaired. Charles’s research bridges cognitive psychology and neuroscience, offering a fresh perspective on how we know what we do.
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- 1Evidence for metacognitive bias in perception of voluntary action45 citations · 2019
- 2Evidence for metacognitive bias in perception of voluntary action6 citations · 2018