The human brain knows what it knows. And so, it appears, does a rat brain. Rats have shown that they have the ability to monitor the strength of their own memories, researchers from Providence College ...
The ability to reflect on memories and assess their quality is important for learning. This "metamemory" ability appears in elementary school-age children and develops into adolescence, UC Davis ...
In cognitive psychology, metamemory refers to the ability to self-monitor and control one’s learning and memory. Metamemory is a field of study within metacognition, the study of the thinking about ...