Stephen M Fleming

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience , University College London

Stephen M Fleming is professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London, where he leads the Metacognition Group. He is author of Know Thyself: The Science of Self-awareness (2021).

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Written by Stephen M Fleming

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Cognition and intelligence

A theory of my own mind

Knowing the content of one’s own mind might seem straightforward but in fact it’s much more like mindreading other people

Stephen M Fleming

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Neuroscience

Final decision? Why the brain keeps on changing its mind

Stephen M Fleming

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Cognition and intelligence

Hesitate!

Quick decision-making might seem bold, but the agony of indecision is your brain’s way of making a better choice

Stephen M Fleming

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Neuroscience

Was it really me?

Neuroscience is changing the meaning of criminal guilt. That might make us more, not less, responsible for our actions

Stephen M Fleming