Metacognition and Brain Damage: notes for a qualitative assesment strategy

Abstract

Metacognition refers to peoples ability to regulate their own behaviour and cognitions, as well as the knowledge they have about them. Although itis a decisive variable in the rehabilitation of brain damaged subjects, intervention programmes and assessment procedures focused on metacognitive processes are scarce. In this article, the desired characteristics that an instrument for the evaluation of self-regulation and metacognitive knowledge should have are reviewed. A specific strategy that follows these principles is also presented, together with the results of its application to a sample of seven subjects with brain damage of diverse nature.