Executive attention and metacognitive regulation

Author(s): Baird, J. A., Posner, M. I.

Journal/Book: Conscious Cogn. 2000; 9: 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA. Academic Press Inc. 288-307.

Abstract: Metacognition refers to any knowledge or cognitive process that monitors or controls cognition. We highlight similarities between metacognitive and executive control functions, and ask how these processes might be implemented in the human brain. A review of brain imaging studies reveals a circuitry of attentional networks involved in these control processes, with its source located in midfrontal areas. These areas are active during conflict resolution, error correction, and emotional regulation. A developmental approach to the organization of the anatomy involved in executive control provides an added perspective on how these mechanisms are influenced by maturation and learning, and how they relate to metacognitive activity.

Note: Review Posner MI, Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Sackler Inst, Dept Psychiat, Box 140, 1300 York Ave, New York,NY 10021 USA

Keyword(s): ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; STROOP TASK-PERFORMANCE; FRONTAL-LOBE; ERROR-DETECTION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; NEURAL SYSTEM; COGNITIVE-PSYCHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL-ANATOMY; BRAIN MECHANISMS; CHILDREN

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