Editing Metacognition (section)

==Mind wandering==

There is an intimate, dynamic interplay between [[mind wandering]] and metacognition. Metacognition serves to correct the wandering mind, suppressing spontaneous thoughts and bringing attention back to more "worthwhile" tasks.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Kieran|first=C. R. Fox|author2=Kalina Christoff|title=The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition |chapter=Metacognitive Facilitation of Spontaneous Thought Processes: When Metacognition Helps the Wandering Mind Find Its Way |date=2014|pages=293–319|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-45190-4_13|isbn=978-3-642-45189-8|s2cid=13484588 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mind-wandering and metacognition: variation between internal and external thought predicts improved error awareness|url=http://neuroconscience.com/2013/11/08/mind-wandering-and-meta-cognition-variation-between-internal-and-external-thought-predicts-improved-error-awareness/|access-date=9 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195732/http://neuroconscience.com/2013/11/08/mind-wandering-and-meta-cognition-variation-between-internal-and-external-thought-predicts-improved-error-awareness/|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>