85-727 Metacognition: thinking about one's own thinking

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

The course focuses on understanding metacognition, the marvelous ability of humans to inspect, understand, and regulate their own cognition. How do we know what we do or do not know How good are we at estimating the accuracy of our memories of the past How about what we will remember or forget in the future Can we use such knowledge to do better The study of metacognition provides an answer to these and many more questions. In other words, metacognition is the path to better knowing yourself.

Prerequisites: none listed

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