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cognitive mechanics
The "hardware" of the mind, reflecting the neurophysiological architecture of the brain as developed through evolution. Involves the speed and accuracy of the processes involving sensory input, visual and motor memory, discrimination, comparison, and categorization. TERM 2
cognitive pragmatics
DEFINITION 2 The culture-based "software programs" of the mind. Includes reading and writing skills, language comprehension, educational qualifications, professional skills, and also the type of knowledge about the self and life skills that help us to master or cope with life. TERM 3
selective attention
DEFINITION 3 Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant. TERM 4
divided attention
DEFINITION 4 Concentrating on more than one activity at the same time. TERM 5
sustained attention
DEFINITION 5 The state of readiness to detect and respond to small changes occuring at random times in the environment.
episodic memory
The retention of information about the where and when of life's happenings. TERM 7
semantic memory
DEFINITION 7 A person's knowledge about the world-including a person's fields of expertise, general academic knowledge of the sort of learned in school, and "everyday knowledge." TERM 8
explicit memory
DEFINITION 8 Memory of facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can state. TERM 9
implicit memory
DEFINITION 9 Memory without conscious recollection; involves skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed. TERM 10
source memory
DEFINITION 10 The ability to remember where one learned something.
multi-infarct dementia
Sporadic and progressive loss of intellectual functioning caused by repeated temporary obstruction of blood flow in cerebral arteries. TERM 17
Parkinson disease
DEFINITION 17 A chronic, progressive disease characterized by muscle tremors, slowing of movement, and partial facial paralysis.
