metacognition

[ met-uh-kog-nish-uhn ]

/ ˌmɛt ə kɒgˈnɪʃ ən /

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noun Psychology.

higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.

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Origin of metacognition

First recorded in 1975–80; meta- + cognition

OTHER WORDS FROM metacognition

met·a·cog·ni·tive

[met-uh-kog-ni-tiv], /ˌmɛt əˈkɒg nɪ tɪv/, adjective

Words nearby metacognition

metachromatism, metachronous, metachrosis, metacinnabar, metacinnabarite, metacognition, metacognitive, Metacomet, metacomputer, metacryst, metadata

How to use metacognition in a sentence

On the basis of those observations, he believes the phenomenon is tied to increased activation of the frontopolar cortex, which plays a role in metacognition—awareness of one’s own thought processes.
I taught myself to lucid dream. You can too.|Neel V. Patel|August 25, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Some philosophers and neuroscientists have sought to develop the idea that metacognition is the essence of consciousness.
Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths|Ryota Kanai|June 9, 2021|Nautilus
We can endow them with metacognition—an introspective ability to report their internal mental states.
Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths|Ryota Kanai|June 9, 2021|Nautilus
My colleagues and I are trying to implement metacognition in neural networks so that they can communicate their internal states.
Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths|Ryota Kanai|June 9, 2021|Nautilus

For instance, a basic form of metacognition, confidence, scales with the clarity of conscious experience.
Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths|Ryota Kanai|June 9, 2021|Nautilus

British Dictionary definitions for metacognition

metacognition

/ (ˌmɛtəkɒɡˈnɪʃən) /

noun

psychol thinking about one's own mental processes

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