Cognitive Skills And Cognitive Abilities
Contextual Memory
The ability to memorize and discriminate the actual source of a specific memory. learn more >>
Updating
Is the ability to respond in a flexible and adaptive manner in order to keep up with the changes in the environment. learn more >>
Planning
Is the ability to "think ahead", to mentally anticipate the correct way to execute a task.
Eye-hand Coordination
Is the level of sensitivity with which the hand and eye are synchronized. learn more >>
Auditory Short-term Memory
Is the ability to remember auditory information over a brief period of time. learn more >>
Visual Short-term Memory
The ability to temporarily keep a small amount of visual information active and available in your memory. learn more >>
Working Memory
The span of information that can be manipulated while performing a task. learn more >>
Divided Attention
Is the ability to successfully execute more than one action at a time, while paying attention to a few channels of information/modalities.
Shifting
Is a mental process during which people redirect their focused attention from one channel of information to another one.
Inhibition
Is the ability to ignore irrelevant stimuli or suppress irrelevant reactions while performing a task. learn more >>
Spatial Perception
Spatial Perception is the ability to evaluate how things are arranged in space, and investigate their relations in the environment. learn more >>
Visual Perception
Is the ability to interpret information from the effects of visible light reaching the eye. learn more >>
Visual Scanning
Visual Scanning is the ability to actively find relevant information in our surroundings quickly and efficiently. learn more >>
Speed Estimation
Speed Estimation is the capacity to estimate an object's future location based on its current speed. learn more >>
Long-term Memory
Long-term Memory is the capacity to maintain information as little as a few days or as long as decades. learn more >>
Distance Estimation
Is the capacity to estimate an object's future location based on its current distance.
Focus
Focus is the ability to sort different visual and auditory stimuli so as to prioritize actions. learn more >>