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Types of Cognition

Attention/Divided
Attention/Divided

Divided Attention. Divided attention is the ability to process two or more responses or react to two or more different demands simultaneously. It is often referred to as multi-tasking. Basically, dividing your attention between two or more tasks.

Attention/Selective
Attention/Selective

Selective attention is the process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time. Attention is a limited resource, so selective attention allows us to tune out unimportant details and focus on what really matters.

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Attention/Sustained
Attention/Sustained

Alternating attention is the ability of mental flexibility that allows you to shift your focus of attention and move between tasks having different cognitive requirements. It is alternating your attention back and forth between two different tasks that require the use of different areas your brain.

Auditory Processing
Auditory Processing

Auditory processing disorder (also known as central auditory processing disorder or CAPD) is a condition that makes it hard for kids to recognize subtle differences between sounds in words. It affects their ability to process what other people are saying.

Logic & Reasoning
Logic & Reasoning

Logic definition is - a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration : the science of the formal principles of reasoning. How to use logic in a sentence.

Memory/Long-Term
Memory/Long-Term

Our past experience provides us with a wealth of predictive information about our environment. This information can be used to guide our attention in the present, optimising our perception of behaviourally-relevant events unfolding in the world around us.

Memory/Working
Memory/Working

Sensory Memory Sensory memory is the earliest stage of memory. During this stage, sensory information from the environment is stored for a very brief period of time, generally for no longer than a half-second for visual information and 3 or 4 seconds for auditory information.

Visual Processing
Visual Processing

Visual perception is the ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum reflected by the objects in the environment. The resulting perception is also known as visual perception, eyesight, sight, or vision (adjectival form: visual, optical, or ocular).

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