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metamemory  

Definition

  • Metamemory is 1) the knowledge that a person has about memory in general and about his /her memory in particular and 2) the monitoring and control processes during a memory task.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Dunlosky, J., & Bjork, R. A. (Eds.). (2013). Handbook of Metamemory and Memory. Psychology Press.

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  • • Dunlosky, J., & Tauber, S. (Eds.). (2016). The Oxford handbook of metamemory. Oxford University Press.

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  • • Flavell, J. H. (1971). First discussant’s comments: What is memory development the development of? Human Development, 14(4), 272–278. https://doi.org/10.1159/000271221

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  • • Le Berre, A.-P., Eustache, F., & Beaunieux, H. (2009). La métamémoire : théorie et clinique. Revue de neuropsychologie, 1(4), 312–320. https://doi.org/10.3917/rne.014.0312

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  • • Mazancieux, A., Pereira, M., Faivre, N., Mamassian, P., Moulin, C. J. A., & Souchay, C. (2023). Towards a common conceptual space for metacognition in perception and memory. Nature Reviews Psychology, 2(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-023-00245-1

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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