Cognition

The act or process of knowing

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Cognition refers tothe act or process of knowing. Includes:

• Awareness
• Perception
• Memory
• Judgment
• Intuition
• Reasoning

Executive Functions (#executive-function)

Executive functions are sometimes regarded as a category of cognition and refers to Higher-order Cognitive skills

Includes:

• Frontal lobe
  • Capacity to Plan
  • Manipulate information
  • Initiate and terminate activities
  • Recognize errors
  • Problem solve
  • Abstract thinking

Visual Cognition

Are these cognition or perception?

These were given in SDSU DPT’s neuro class, but I do not know if these go under cognition or perception

• Visual-Perception: Visual perception refers to the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eyes see
• Visual Attention: The ability to focus on important visual information and filter out unimportant background information.
  • Extremely important for driving
• Visual Discrimination: The ability to determine differences or similarities in objects based on size, color, shape, etc.
• Visual Memory: The ability to recall visual traits of a form or object.
• Visual Spatial Relationships: Understanding the relationships of objects within the environment.
• Visual Sequential-Memory: The ability to recall a sequence of objects in the correct order.
• Visual Figure Ground: The ability to locate something in a busy background.
• Visual Form Constancy: The ability to know that a form or shape is the same, even if it has been made smaller/larger or has been turned around.
  • Example: being able to tell the letter A at any size
• Visual Closure: The ability to recognize a form or object when part of the picture is missing.