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Cognition vs Metacognition - What's the difference?

cognition | metacognition |

As nouns the difference between cognition and metacognition

is that cognition is the process of knowing while metacognition is the act of thinking about thinking; sentience.

cognition

English

Noun

(wikipedia cognition)
  • The process of knowing.
  • (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

    • Related terms

    * cognitive * cognometrics * cognizant * recognize

    Derived terms

    * precognition

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * incognito

    metacognition

    English

    (wikipedia metacognition)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking; sentience