UsernameALenartowicz
OrganizationUCLA
Account Created2009-07-13 16:34:58
Terms1 terms contributed2009-09-14: cognitive control
Definitions61 definitions contributed2009-12-21: set shifting :: "The process of changing ones behavioral objective."2009-12-21: repressed memory :: "A memory (often traumatic) that is unavailable for recall."2009-12-21: gustation :: "Form of chemoreception that facilitates taste perception."2009-12-21: reading :: "Decoding symbols to derive their meaning."2009-12-21: incidental learning :: "Learning without explicit knowledge of doing so, but occurring through interaction with the environm"2009-11-25: goal :: "The desired end-point of behavior(s)."2009-11-25: serial learning :: "The process of acquiring information in sequence and following an order that must be preserved at re"2009-11-25: chunk :: "Structure in memory that is used as a unit of knowledge representation. Also refers to the process o"2009-07-30: Set-shifting task :: "A task in which participants alternate between two or more judgments typically regarding the same se"2009-07-10: visual perception :: "Ability to interpret information from visible light reaching the eye."2009-07-10: visual working memory :: "The ability to maintain visual information online for a limited time interval (~ 4 sec). This inform"2009-07-10: visuospatial sketch pad :: "The cognitive construct and mental process of temporarily storing visual and spatial information for"2009-07-10: attention shift :: "The change that occurs when information that is currently active in the mind is replaced by other in"2009-07-10: attention span :: "Amount of time or space that an individual can dedicate to particular task or content without becomi"2009-07-10: attention shifting :: "The process by which information that is currently relevant in the mind is replaced by other informa"2009-07-10: episodic buffer :: "A theoretical construct that is part of Alan Baddeley's working memory model and the object of w"2009-07-10: recall :: "The process of retrieving previously stored information, done without the aid of external cues."2009-07-10: central executive :: "The core mental process of working memory that allows for information that is stored in short-term m"2009-07-10: maintenance :: "The process of keeping information in active and immediately accessible state."2009-07-10: working memory retrieval :: "The process of accessing information that is maintained in working memory; the sub-process by which "2009-07-10: working memory storage :: "The maintenance of information of working memory; a sub-component of working memory that allows for "2009-07-10: delayed recall test :: "A task in which participants are given information to remember (list of words or paragraph) and whic"2009-07-10: Digit span task :: "A task in which participants are presented with sequentially presented digits and are then asked to "2009-07-10: Extradimensional shift task :: "A task in which multiple (typically two) stimuli are presented simultaneously and the subject must s"2009-07-10: Intradimensional shift task :: "A task in which multiple (typically two) stimuli are presented simultaneously and the subject must s"2009-07-10: letter n-back task :: "A task in which participants view a continuous stream of letter stimuli. The object of the task is t"2009-07-10: oddball task :: "A task in which stimuli are presented in a continuous stream and participants must detect the presen"2009-07-10: task-switching :: "A task in which participants alternate between two or more judgments typically regarding the same se"2009-07-10: Trail Making Test A and B :: "A neuropsychological test in which participants must connect-the-dots (traverse between items) accor"2009-07-10: language :: "The mental ability to encode and decode information, and translate this information into verbal, aco"2009-07-10: mental rotation :: "Ability to rotate an object in one's mind; ability to make perceptual judgments on a new spatial"2009-07-10: motor inhibition :: "The process of attenuating a motor plan."2009-07-10: navigation :: "The process of controlling the movement of a body/entity/vehicle through space from one point to ano"2009-07-10: nondeclarative memory :: "Memory acquired through experience and which can not be consciously articulated (such as by recall o"2009-07-10: object perception :: "The process of transforming basic visual sensory input (such as contrast, edge, motion, color etc) i"2009-07-10: phonological working memory :: "The process of maintaining sound information online for a limited amount of time."2009-07-10: procedural knowledge :: "Knowledge exercised in the performance of a task/activity. Its acquisition or structure is often una"2009-07-10: procedural learning :: "A non-verbal process of knowledge acquisition."2009-07-10: processing stage :: "A subset of mental operations that are confined some feature space of information within a stream an"2009-07-10: prototype :: "A most common, standard or basic mental representation of some category."2009-07-10: response inhibition :: "Suppression of actions that are inappropriate in a given context and that interfere with goal-driven"2009-07-10: retrieval cue :: "An event or experience that facilitates retrieval of information from long-term memory because of it"2009-07-10: serial search :: "The process of identifying a target within a set of candidate elements by testing the identity of ea"2009-07-10: source monitoring :: "The process of identifying the the source or context at acquisition of information that has been sto"2009-07-10: spatial attention :: "The allocation or prioritization of mental resources based on spatial coordinates (with respect to t"2009-07-10: spatial working memory :: "The ability to maintain online information that relates to space. This process has limited capacity "2009-07-10: causal inference :: "The process of defining that one state/object/event determines the occurrence of another state/objec"2009-07-10: cognition :: "The process of thought; includes all psychological/mental functions that allow for subsequent reflec"2009-07-10: cognitive load :: "The amount of demand placed on working memory, typically expressed along some continuum and within a"2009-07-10: color perception :: "The process of distinguishing objects based on the wavelengths of the light they reflect or emit."2009-07-10: context :: "A set of interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs (e.g., a style of language in a"2009-07-10: declarative knowledge :: "Knowledge that is descriptive and includes knowing "that" rather than knowing "how" "2009-07-10: depth perception :: "Ability to perceive the visual world in three dimensions."2009-07-10: distraction :: "Any event that interrupts a mental process."2009-07-10: explicit learning :: "Acquisition of skills and/or knowledge actively and with awareness. Typically such learning is accom"2009-07-10: habit :: "An acquired pattern of behavior that often occurs automatically and is reliably triggered by some ev"2009-07-10: implicit memory :: "Type of memory in which experiences increases performance of task without one's conscious awaren"2009-07-10: inattention :: "The failure to process an external stimulus (often refers to sensory stimuli)."2009-07-10: inhibition :: "The process by which a response (neural or behavioral) is diminished."2009-07-10: insight :: "In problem solving, the moment at which an underlying relation between cause and effect is discovere"2009-07-10: instrumental conditioning :: "A learning process in which the consequences of an action are used to modify the likelihood that tha"
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Agatha Lenartowicz