To bet, or not to bet: that is the question of SEF spikes.
Miyamoto K., Hirabayashi T., Miyashita Y.
The ability of animals to monitor their own cognitive processes is called metacognition. In this issue of Neuron, Middlebrooks and Sommer (2012) show that single-unit activity of SEF neurons exhibit a metacognitive signal while monkeys perform a postdecision wagering task.