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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019

Breaking the Cybernetic Code: Understanding and Treating the Human Metacognitive Control System to Enhance Mental Health.

Adrian Wells

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 61 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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61citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05980143 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Can Metacognitive Therapy be Used to Treat Common Mental Health Problems in Autistic Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Case Series

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ManchesterRan2023 to 2024Enrolled5ConditionsAnxiety, DepressionArmsMetacognitive Therapy
NCT06457126 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Applying the Metacognitive Model to Post-Stroke Emotionalism: A Multiphasic Case Series Piloting the Attention Training Technique

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ManchesterRan2024 to 2025Enrolled14ConditionsStroke, Emotionality, Pseudobulbar Affect, Lability EmotionalArmsAttention Training Technique
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adrian WellsSchool of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
University of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The self-regulatory executive function (S-REF) model explains the role of strategic processes and metacognition in psychological disorder and was a major influence on the development of metacognitive therapy. The model identifies a universal style of perseverative negative processing termed the cognitive attentional syndrome (CAS), comprised of worry, rumination, and threat monitoring in the development of disorder. The CAS is linked to dysfunctional metacognitions that include beliefs and plans for regulating cognition. In this paper, I extend the theoretical foundations necessary to support further research on mechanisms linking metacognition to cognitive regulation and effective treatment. I propose a metacognitive control system (MCS) of the S-REF that can be usefully distinguished from cognition and is comprised of multiple structures, information, and processes. The MCS monitors and controls activity of the cognitive system and regulates the behavior of neural networks whose activities bias the way cognition is experienced. Metacognitive information involved in the regulation of on-line processing includes metacognitive beliefs, metacognitive procedural commands, and more transient cybernetic code. Separation of the cognitive and metacognitive systems and modeling their relationship presents major implications concerning what should be done in therapy and how it should be done. The paper concludes with an in-depth consideration of methods that strengthen the psychological basis of psychotherapy and aid in understanding and applying metacognitive therapy in particular. Finally, limitations of the model and implications for future research on self-awareness, self-regulation, and metacognition are discussed.

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attentioncognitive behavior therapyembodimentmetacognitionmetacognitive therapyneural networksself-awarenesstransdiagnostic mechanisms

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PMID31920769
PMCPMC6920120
OpenAlexW3000570519

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