Metacognition

Metacognition, or knowing about what we know, is central to consciousness and the personal self. Without self-reflective processes, behavior would be automatized and environmentally bound, lacking plans, strategies, reflections, self-control, self-monitoring, and intelligence. This collection presents twelve original contributions summarizing theoretical and empirical research on these processes.

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Abstract

Metacognition offers an up-to-date compendium of major scientific issues involved in metacognition. The twelve original contributions provide a concise statement of theoretical and empirical research on self-reflective processes or knowing about what we know. Self-reflective processes are often thought to be central to what we mean by consciousness and the personal self. Without such processes, one would presumably respond to stimuli in an automatized and environmentally bound manner—that is, without the characteristic patterns of behavior and introspection that are manifested as plans, strategies, reflections, self-control, self-monitoring, and intelligence. Bradford Books imprint