Cognitive Skills Coverage

Recognized by Science, these cognitive skills play important roles in dealing with day-to-day activities and challenges alike

9/3/20242 min read

Sustained Attention: Maintaining focus over long durations.
Selective Attention: Focusing on relevant stimuli while ignoring distractions.
Divided Attention: Handling multiple tasks or streams of information simultaneously.

Working Memory: Holding and manipulating information briefly.
Short-Term Memory: Storing small amounts of information briefly.
Long-Term Memory: Recalling stored information (facts, events, learned skills).
Associative Memory: Linking related concepts or items together.

Problem-Solving: Identifying issues and developing strategies to overcome them.
Planning & Organization: Structuring steps and resources to achieve goals.
Cognitive Flexibility: Switching between concepts or adapting strategies as conditions change.
Inhibition Control: Resisting impulsive actions and distractions.
Decision-Making: Evaluating choices quickly and effectively.
Metacognition: Reflecting on one’s thought processes to improve performance.

Spatial Reasoning: Understanding and manipulating shapes and spatial relationships.
Visual Perception: Quickly interpreting and making sense of visual information.
Mental Rotation: Rotating objects mentally to view them from different angles.

Reaction Time: Speed of responding to stimuli (visual, auditory, tactile).
Perceptual Speed: Quickly and accurately processing visual information under time constraints.
Mental Processing Speed: Overall speed of cognitive operations, including calculations and decisions.

Idea Generation: Producing many and varied ideas in response to prompts or challenges.
Visual Imagination: Mentally visualizing new images, designs, and possibilities.
Creative Problem Solving: Finding innovative and unconventional ways to solve problems.
Story Building: Constructing compelling narratives, plots, and character arcs.

Cause & Effect Analysis: Understanding how actions lead to consequences or outcomes.
Argument Evaluation: Judging the strength and validity of claims or reasoning.
Hypothesis Testing: Forming, testing, and refining assumptions using data or results.
Pros & Cons Sorting: Weighing options and outcomes before choosing the best course of action.

Emotion Recognition (faces, tones): Identifying emotions through facial expressions and vocal cues.
Self-Calming & Regulation: Managing emotional reactions and returning to a calm state.
Empathy Scenarios: Understanding and relating to others’ emotional perspectives.
Social Decision Making: Choosing actions that are thoughtful and respectful in social contexts.

Learning Reflection: Analyzing personal successes, challenges, and takeaways after a task.
Goal Monitoring: Tracking progress and adjusting actions toward achieving a target.
Strategy Flexibility: Shifting approaches when one method isn’t working.
Self-Assessment: Evaluating one’s own performance and identifying areas for improvement.

Risk Evaluation: Assessing potential dangers or gains before making a decision.
Prioritization: Deciding the order in which tasks or choices should be addressed.
Quick Decision-Making: Making fast yet accurate choices under time pressure.
Long-term vs. Short-term Thinking: Balancing immediate rewards against future benefits.

Audio-Visual Synchronization: Aligning sounds and visuals for accurate interpretation.
Sensory Reaction Time: Responding quickly to multi-sensory cues (visual, sound, or touch).
Attention Switching: Moving focus quickly between different sensory channels.
Cue Integration: Merging input from multiple senses to make a single decision.