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title: "Metacognition"
description: "Thinking about your own thinking — monitoring, evaluating, and regulating your reasoning processes as they happen."
last_updated: "2026-08-02"
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# Metacognition

Thinking about your own thinking — monitoring, evaluating, and regulating your reasoning processes as they happen.

*Example: Mid-argument you catch yourself defending your view because you're embarrassed, not because you're right — and that noticing is the skill.*

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