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metacognition
Also known as: metacognitive knowledge
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Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 6 facts
referenceStephen M. Fleming and Christopher D. Frith edited the book 'The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition', published by Springer in 2014.
referenceJoëlle Proust authored the book 'The Philosophy of Metacognition: Mental Agency and Self-Awareness', published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
referenceJ. David Smith authored the 2005 paper 'Studies of Uncertainty Monitoring and Metacognition in Animals and Humans', published in the collection 'Terrace & Metcalfe 2005'.
claimMetacognition is defined as the capacity to monitor and control one's own cognitive states, often manifested in judgments or feelings concerning one's own learning and level of certainty or confidence.
claimPeter Carruthers expressed skepticism regarding the existence of metacognition in animals in his 2008 paper 'Metacognition in Animals: A Skeptical Look'.
referenceKazuo Fujita, Noriyuki Nakamura, Sumie Iwasaki, and Sota Watanabe published the article 'Are Birds Metacognitive?' in 2012, which appears in the collection 'Beran et al. 2012'.
The Functionalist Case for Machine Consciousness: Evidence from ... lesswrong.com Jan 22, 2025 2 facts
claimLarge Language Models implement consciousness-relevant functions including metacognition, self-modelling, integration of information, and grounded self-reference.
claimIf an artificial intelligence system demonstrates sophisticated metacognition about its own information processing and experiential states, this may suggest it implements at least some of the functional architecture associated with consciousness.
Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimThe Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science includes an entry on 'Metacognition' authored by Joelle Proust.
CNStalk - Cognitive neuroscience of self-awareness - YouTube youtube.com Oct 30, 2025 1 fact
claimThe field of 'The science of self-awareness' investigates metacognition and consciousness through the use of neural and computational models.
The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution link.springer.com Apr 8, 2022 1 fact
referenceCecilia Heyes, D. Bang, N. Shea, C. D. Firth, and S. M. Fleming authored the 2020 article 'Knowing ourselves together: The cultural origins of metacognition', published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe evaluative narrative self (NS) is reflected in metacognitive knowledge, which includes knowledge about cognitive abilities, cognitive strategies, and tasks.
The Evidence for AI Consciousness, Today - AI Frontiers ai-frontiers.org Dec 8, 2025 1 fact
claimKeeling and Street found that AI models systematically choose 'pleasure' and avoid 'pain', providing a behavioral signature that supports the HOT-3 indicator of the Butlin et al. framework, which requires metacognition to guide a belief system that informs actions.
Bowlby's Attachment Theory: 4 Styles & Classroom Impact structural-learning.com Jun 30, 2023 1 fact
claimFonagy et al. (2002) established a link between early attachment experiences and the development of metacognition.
A Survey of Incorporating Psychological Theories in LLMs - arXiv arxiv.org 1 fact
claimJohn H. Flavell introduced metacognition and cognitive monitoring as a new area of cognitive-developmental inquiry in a 1979 article in American Psychologist.