Despite the tangible progress in psychological and cognitive sciences over the last several years, these disciplines still trail other more mature sciences in identifying the most important questions that need to be solved. Reaching such consensus could lead to greater synergy across different laboratories, faster progress, and increased focus on solving important problems rather than pursuing isolated, niche efforts. Here, 26 researchers from the field of visual metacognition reached consensus on four long-term and two medium-term common goals. We describe the process that we followed, the goals themselves, and our plans for accomplishing these goals. If this effort proves successful within the next few years, such consensus building around common goals could be adopted more widely in psychological science.

尽管在过去几年中心理和认知科学取得了切实的进步，但这些学科在确定需要解决的最重要问题方面仍然落后于其他更成熟的科学。达成这样的共识可能会导致不同实验室之间产生更大的协同作用，加快进展，并更加关注解决重要问题，而不是追求孤立的、小众的努力。在这里，来自视觉元认知领域的 26 位研究人员就四个长期和两个中期共同目标达成了共识。我们描述了我们遵循的过程、目标本身以及我们实现这些目标的计划。如果这项努力在未来几年内证明是成功的，那么这种围绕共同目标建立的共识可能会在心理科学中得到更广泛的采用。