Cognition ANS✔✔ Mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience,
and the senses.
Perception ANS✔✔ Interpretation of the environment which is dependent on acuity of sensory input
Awareness ANS✔✔ Ability to perceive or to be sensitive to stimuli in environment
Attention ANS✔✔ Ability to focus on a particular area of conscious content
Memory ANS✔✔ Retention and recall of past experiences and learning
Declarative memory ANS✔✔ Ability to consciously learn and recall information, memory providing long-term storage of
large amounts of information
Immediate memory ANS✔✔ Also known as "attention span", memory that retains very small amounts of information for
a very short amount of time
Working memory ANS✔✔ Memory that allows for small amount of information to be actively maintained and
manipulated
Procedural memory ANS✔✔ Retention and retrieval of motor skills
Executive function ANS✔✔ Higher thinking processes that allow for flexibility, adaptability, and goal-directedness
Cerebral cortex ANS✔✔ Part of the brain that is responsible for carrying out intellectual functions
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Hippocampus ANS✔✔ Part of the brain that plays a significant role in committing information to long-term memory
Confusion ANS✔✔ Disturbance of consciousness, impaired ability to think clearly, to perceive, respond to, and
remember current stimuli
Frontal lobe ANS✔✔ Part of the brain associated with personality, working memory, executive function, intellect, and
speech
Delirium ANS✔✔ State of disturbed consciousness and altered cognition with rapid onset occurring over hours or a few
days
- characterized by motor restlessness, transient hallucinations, and disorientation
Dementia ANS✔✔ Acquired and progressive deterioration of all cognitive functions
Primary dementia ANS✔✔ Dementia that is irreversible and not secondary to another disease
Secondary dementia ANS✔✔ Dementia that occurs as a result of another disease process
Focal cognitive disorders ANS✔✔ Affect a single area of cognitive function; may be associated with a neurocognitive
disorder or seen independently
Intellectual disability ANS✔✔ Limitations of cognitive functioning (conceptual skills, social skills, and ADLs) and below-
average intelligence
Learning disability ANS✔✔ Challenges in taking data signals in and processing the information received; may occur in
people with average or above-average intelligence
Avoidance of substance abuse is an example of ___ prevention of cognitive disorders ANS✔✔ Primary
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