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metamemory

metamemory noun: a type of metacognition, encompassing both the introspective knowledge of one's own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring.

Noun

metamemory (uncountable)

  1. A type of metacognition, encompassing both the introspective knowledge of one's own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring.
    • These results indicate that metamemory judgments should not be thought of as distinct subjective experiences in time but as an evolving awareness that incorporates the past metamnemonic judgments with new information into a dynamic model of memory.2015 August 18, Elizabeth F. Chua, Lisa A. Solinger, “Building metamemorial knowledge over time: insights from eye tracking about the bases of feeling-of-knowing and confidence judgments”, in...

Origin of metamemory

From meta- + memory.

Questions about metamemory

What does metamemory mean?
Metamemory means a type of metacognition, encompassing both the introspective knowledge of one's own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring.
What part of speech is metamemory?
Metamemory is a noun.

Words near metamemory in the dictionary

  1. metamediality
  2. metamediaries
  3. metamediary
  4. metamelanopsin
  5. metamemorial
  6. metamemory
  7. metamer
  8. metameral
  9. metamere
  10. metameres
  11. metameric

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