Exploring Metacognitive Awareness: Theories of Consciousness, Self-Awareness, and Cognitive Processes
Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Tayyab Aslam, I. Umaru
African Multidisciplinary Journal of Sciences and Artificial Intelligence April 5, 2025 DOI: 10.58578/amjsai.v2i2.5329 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that metacognitive awareness and self-awareness, framed as a master dimension of consciousness, are central to grasping identity, cognition, and the subjective quality of experience, and proposes that examining links between higher-level processes like memory, perception, and decision-making and consciousness can illuminate how the human brain works. |
Abstract
Metacognitive awareness is the ability to reflect upon one's own thinking, experience, and environment. Self-awareness, or the ability to recognize oneself as an individuated self and introspect upon one's own feelings, ideas, and behavior, is a master dimension of consciousness. The argument in this research addresses theories of consciousness, brain origins, and the emergence of self-awareness as it seeks to grasp identity, cognition, and the subjective quality of experience. The relationship between higher-level cognitive processes such as memory, perception, and decision-making and consciousness is also studied to build an impression of how the human brain works.