meta-attention

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ attention.

Noun

meta-attention (uncountable)

1. (psychology) Awareness and control of one's attentional processes.
   • 1982, Ann B. Loper, Daniel P. Hallahan, The Journal of General Psychology, volume 106, number 1, →DOI, page 27:

     It was also determined whether, given the assumption of the existence of such a pattern, meta-attention would be correlated with academic achievement.