COGNITIVE SKILLS

Cognitive refers to knowing, so they are closely linked to the learning process 

• Short-term memory. It is the ability to remember what occurred in the short term, before becoming medium-term memory.
  • Aural or echoic memory. To remember what we hear, for example, the latest concepts we receive, the names of people who have just presented to us, a phone number, etc.
  • Non verbal memory
    • Reading and images. What we have just read or contemplate in symbols or images.
  • Corporal and environment. The gestures, movements that we saw in other people, events or details in the environment.
  • Working memory. The memory required to store important data that will be used to perform tasks of high complexity.
• Medium-term memory. Ability to bring to the present, memories of data acquired in a period from hours to weeks.
• Long-term memory. Ability to bring to the present, memories of data acquired in a term from months to years.
• Focused attention. The ability to focus attention on a specific stimulus, without allowing other stimuli, even if these are striking and may distract.
• Divided attention. It is the ability to attend different stimuli simultaneously and accordingly act. For example, when the student or attending a presentation has to concentrate on the talk or graphs and at the same time take notes, or when driving a vehicle calculate distances, at the same time you see the signals, the movement of other vehicles and synchronize their movements and speed.
• Information processing speed. The speed with which the received information is received and handled, in order to gain understanding and / or fulfill designated tasks.
• Reading:
  • Speed
  • Ability to understand the essence of what is being read.
  • Identification of symbols, letters or words, where if it is not achieved properly we can face dyslexia. Difficulty in identifying and differentiating words read, resulting, among others, in the confusion between words or letters.
• Visual integration. Ability to visually and mentally integrate a whole from some of its components, for example, visualize a complete chair even if it lacks some parts, legs or backrest.
• Spatial Orientation. Ability to locate correctly in the environment, to be able to differentiate left, right, up, down, position and posture saved.
• Hand-eye coordination. Ability to effectively connect the observed with the proper movements of the hand. For example, in writing and transcribing a paragraph.
• Inhibition. Ability to suppress stimuli or reactions not important in the development of a task.
• Planning. Ability to advance incidents and events in order to successfully accomplish a task.
• Cognitive Flexibility. Ability to adapt to changes and modifications of our environment, adapting and managing adequately unforeseen events.