metamemory

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ memory

Noun

metamemory (uncountable)

1. A type of metacognition, encompassing both the introspective knowledge of one's own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring.
   • 2015 August 18, Elizabeth F. Chua, Lisa A. Solinger, “Building metamemorial knowledge over time: insights from eye tracking about the bases of feeling-of-knowing and confidence judgments”, in Frontiers in Psychology‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI:

     These results indicate that metamemory judgments should not be thought of as distinct subjective experiences in time but as an evolving awareness that incorporates the past metamnemonic judgments with new information into a dynamic model of memory.

Related terms

• metamnemonic