Brainware SAFARI Cognitive Skills Definitions

BrainWare SAFARI Cognitive Skills Definitions

Type of Skill Cognitive Skill Definition Visual Sustained Attention The ability to stay on task for Attention Auditory Sustained Attention sustained periods of time.

Visual Selective Attention The ability to screen out inputs other Attention Auditory Selective Attention than the one that requires focus.

The ability to attend to two activities at Attention Divided Attention the same time – such as taking notes while listening to the teacher. The ability to shift focus from one task Attention Flexible Attention to another quickly and efficiently, when necessary. Visual The ability to recognize the details of Visual Discrimination Processing an image and distinguish differences. The ability to attend to a specific feature or form while maintaining an Visual Visual Figure Ground awareness of the relationship of the Processing form to less relevant background information. The ability to reorganize the visual Visual information in a form that is Visual Form Consistency Processing consistent, regardless of object distance, location or orientation. The ability to interpret and project the Visual Directionality concepts of “left” and “right” into space Processing and onto other objects. Visual The ability to process a volume of Visual Span Processing visual information with a glance. The ability to combine and interpret Visual Visual Simultaneous the parts and the whole of a visual Processing Processing image and to recognize a pattern. Visual The ability to see objects in a Visual Sequential Processing Processing sequential order, as in reading. The ability to recall an image of what Visual has been and to mentally manipulate Visualization Processing or change aspects of that image in the mind.

BrainWare SAFARI Cognitive Skills Definitions

Type of Skill Cognitive Skill Definition The ability to scanning, inspect and Visual Visual Processing Speed compare incoming visual information Processing quickly. Auditory The ability to recognize the details of Auditory Discrimination Processing sounds and distinguish differences. The ability of the auditory perceptual Auditory Auditory Sequential processing system to send auditory Processing Processing information to the brain in the same order it was received. Auditory The ability to process incoming Auditory Processing Speed Processing auditory information quickly. The ability to use the eyes efficiently Sensory Oculomotor Skill to read and gather information from Integration the environment. The ability to use the eyes and hands Sensory Visual-Motor Integration together efficiently, as in writing, Integration drawing, typing, catching a ball, etc. Sensory Auditory-Motor Integration The integration of auditory inputs and Integration motor skills such as tapping to a beat. The ability to process information at Sensory an adequate and consistent speed, Timing - Rhythm Integration the ability to appropriately pace oneself.

The ability to match auditory and Sensory Visual-Auditory Integration visual stimuli and coordinate them into Integration a meaningful product. The ability to screen out unimportant sensory information and keep Visual Sensory Memory Memory important information for further Auditory Sensory Memory processing (approximately 1/1000th of a second). The ability to hold onto information in Visual Short-Term Memory sensory memory for up to 30 seconds Memory Auditory Short-Term Memory until sent on for further processing or discarded.

BrainWare SAFARI Cognitive Skills Definitions

Type of Skill Cognitive Skill Definition

The ability to recall the location of stimuli Memory Visual Spatial Memory and to identify and reproduce a design.

The ability to permanently store information and retrieve it when needed, Memory Long-Term Memory Including semantic information and episodic information (experiences).

The ability to recall a sequence of bits of Visual Sequential Memory Memory information in the same order as originally Auditory Sequential Memory received.

The ability to recall several things Memory Visual Simultaneous Memory received at the same time and preserve the relationships among them.

Executive The ability to hold and manipulate Working Memory Functions information consciously in the mind.

The ability to suppress a thought or idea Executive Inhibitory Control and to refrain from doing something one Functions otherwise would do.

The ability to change our mindset when Executive Cognitive Flexibility the rules of the world around us change, Functions to shift between mental processes.

The ability to logically and systematically Logic and Visual Thinking (Reasoning) transform mental images to test a Reasoning hypothesis.

The ability to understand and logically Logic and Verbal Thinking (Reasoning) work through concepts and problems Reasoning presented in words.

The ability to recognize a collection of Logic and Conceptual Thinking features that go together to create an Reasoning (Abstract Reasoning) idea or category of ideas.

BrainWare SAFARI Cognitive Skills Definitions

Type of Skill Cognitive Skill Definition The ability to identify cause and effect, to Logic and Logic reason and think rationally and Reasoning analytically.

The ability to use our thinking skills Logic and Decision Speed quickly and efficiently to make correct Reasoning decisions.

Higher Order The ability to use forethought to create a Executive Planning practical and systematic strategy for Functions attaining defined goals.

The ability to find solutions to complex Higher Order issues and to constructively resolve Executive Problem Solving challenges, mistakes, failures and Functions conflicts.

The ability to identify alternative solutions Higher Order and select the solution most likely to help Executive Strategic Thinking one attain defined objectives, keeping in Functions mind relevant externa factors and the likely consequences of one’s choices.