Across-subject correlation between confidence and accuracy: A meta-analysis of the Confidence Database

• Published in: Psychonomic bulletin & review Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 1405 - 1413
• Main Authors: Jin, Sunny, Verhaeghen, Paul, Rahnev, Dobromir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Behavioral Science and Psychology; Brief Report; Cognitive Psychology; Data Collection; Friends; Humans; Judgment; Metacognition; Psychology; Trust; Perceptual decision making; Confidence; calibration; Memory; Bias; Metacognition

If one friend confidently tells us to buy Product A while another friend thinks that Product B is better but is not confident, we may go with the advice of our confident friend. Should we? The relationship between people’s confidence and accuracy has been of great interest in many fields, especially...