What Is Metacognition?

Metacognition is the capacity we have to reflect on and know something about our own minds. An example of Metacognition would be realizing that you might not know enough when you're revising for an upcoming exam. We can think about whether we've made a good or bad decision. And in relation to decision making, so an autonomy, we think that it plays a big role in what it means to be a self-aware, agentive human being.