{"id":"mymindmine-knowledge-metacognition-v1","slug":"metacognition","domain":"mind","title":"Metacognition","deck":"Awareness and regulation of one's own cognitive processes.","directAnswer":"Metacognition is awareness of one's own thinking and, often, deliberate attempts to monitor or control that thinking.","mechanism":["A person can represent not only a problem but their own confidence, strategy, uncertainty, and cognitive state.","Monitoring can reveal when the current approach is failing.","Control processes can then change strategy, seek information, defer judgment, or reframe the problem."],"whyItMatters":["Metacognition is one of the bridges between cognition and cognitive sovereignty.","It creates the possibility of changing how a mind is operating while it operates."],"questions":["What does it mean to think about thinking?","How does confidence differ from accuracy?","Can metacognition improve decision-making?"],"related":["perspective","epistemology","decision-making","executive-function"],"sources":[{"label":"APA Dictionary: metacognition","url":"https://dictionary.apa.org/metacognition","publisher":"American Psychological Association"}],"brajology":["The MyMindMine loop externalizes metacognition into care, discovery, and ownership orientations."],"updated":"2026-09-20","canonicalUrl":"https://www.mymindmine.com/mind/metacognition","author":{"name":"John Brajer","url":"https://www.mymindmine.com/people/john-brajer"},"publisher":"MyMindMine","knowledgeSystem":"MyMindMine Knowledge System v1","epistemicBoundary":{"externalSources":"Sources support the external factual orientation.","originalLayer":"Brajology and MyMindMine interpretations are original framework material and are not attributed to external sources."}}