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Mindfulness versus metacognition, and critical thinking

Posted in Critical Thinking, Metacognition, Mindfulness on May 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I was recently asked “Is mindfulness the same as metacognition?”
It is a reasonable question.  The concepts are closely related.  However I think they should be teased apart.  They are more like cousins than identical twins.
Mindfulness in the everyday sense is something like “having your mind on the job” which I would translate as doing something [...]

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