meta-attention

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From meta- +‎ attention.

Noun[edit]

meta-attention (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) Awareness and control of one's attentional processes.
    • 1982, Ann B. Loper, Daniel P. Hallahan, The Journal of General Psychology, volume 106, number 1, →DOI, page 27:
      It was also determined whether, given the assumption of the existence of such a pattern, meta-attention would be correlated with academic achievement.