Trends in cognitive sciences
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Trends Cogn. Sci. (Regul. Ed.) · Aug 2017
ReviewMeta-Reasoning: Monitoring and Control of Thinking and Reasoning.
Meta-Reasoning refers to the processes that monitor the progress of our reasoning and problem-solving activities and regulate the time and effort devoted to them. Monitoring processes are usually experienced as feelings of certainty or uncertainty about how well a process has, or will, unfold. ⋯ Most metacognitive research has focused on memorization and knowledge retrieval, with little attention paid to more complex processes, such as reasoning and problem solving. In that context, we recently developed a Meta-Reasoning framework, used here to review existing findings, consider their consequences, and frame questions for future research.