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Title: Metacognition: ideas and insights from neuro-and educational sciences See… https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-021-00089-5 Abstract: Metacognition comprises both the ability to be aware of one’s cognitive processes (metacognitive knowledge) and to regulate them (metacognitive control)…

Fleur, D.S., Bredeweg, B. & van den Bos, W. Metacognition: ideas and insights from neuro-and educational sciences. npj Sci. Learn. 6, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00089-5

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