Foundations of metacognition / edited by Michael J. Beran [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beran, Michael J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metacognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Metacognition refers to the awareness an individual has of their own mental processes (also referred to as ' thinking about thinking'). In the past thirty years metacognition research has become a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary research within the cognitive sciences. Just recently, there have been major changes in this field, stimulated by the controversial issues of metacognition in nonhuman animals and in early infancy. Consequently the question what defines ametacognitive process has become a matter of debate: how should one distinguish between simple minds that are not yet capa

Contents:

section I. Metacognition in non-human animals

section II. Metacognition in human development

section III. Functions of metacognition.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-163453-0

1-283-65810-0

0-19-163454-9

OCLC:

815390101