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meta-attention

meta-attention noun: awareness and control of one's attentional processes.

Noun

meta-attention (uncountable)

  1. Awareness and control of one's attentional processes.
    • It was also determined whether, given the assumption of the existence of such a pattern, meta-attention would be correlated with academic achievement.1982, Ann B. Loper, Daniel P. Hallahan, The Journal of General Psychology, volume 106, number 1, →DOI, page 27

Origin of meta-attention

From meta- + attention.

Questions about meta-attention

What does meta-attention mean?
Meta-attention means awareness and control of one's attentional processes.
What part of speech is meta-attention?
Meta-attention is a noun.

Words near meta-attention in the dictionary

  1. meta-analysis
  2. meta-analytic
  3. meta-andesite
  4. meta-anthracite
  5. meta-argon
  6. meta-attention
  7. meta-autunite
  8. meta-awareness
  9. meta-bias
  10. meta-biases
  11. meta-chlorophenylpiperazine

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