Cognitive Skills and Cognitive Training

The word "cognition" is defined as "the act of knowing" or "knowledge." Cognitive skills therefore refer to those skills that make it possible for us to learn. Research and studies abound indicating that weak underlying cognitive skills account for the majority of learning and reading difficulties, and that cognitive skills training is the most successful form of intervention:

Auditory Memory: The Overlooked Learning Skill Deficiency
A weakness in auditory memory can have serious consequences in the realm of learning for students, states educational therapist Addie Cusimano in her book Learning Disabilities: There is a Cure. Read more…

Auditory Perception: What Is Auditory Perception?
Defined as the ability to recognize or interpret what is heard, auditory perception plays as important a role as visual perception in reading. Read more…

Dyslexia Impairs Driving, Claim Boffins
In another study Brachacki et al. tested ten adults with dyslexia and 11 controls on their ability to differentiate between real and false traffic signs…. These studies confirm that dyslexics have deficits in visual processing, especially form discrimination and visual processing speed. Read more…

Logical Thinking: A Learned Mental Process
It has been proven that specific training in logical thinking processes can make people "smarter." Logical thinking allows a child to reject quick answers, such as "I don't know," or "this is too difficult"… Read more…

Poor Working Memory: A Barrier to Academic Success
Children who underachieve at school may just have poor working memory rather than low intelligence, according to researchers who have produced the world's first tool to assess memory capacity in the classroom. Researchers from Durham University… Read more…

Visual Memory: Facts About Visual Memory
Most learning-disabled students have serious deficiencies in the area of visual memory, states Addie Cusimano in her book Learning Disabilities: There is a Cure. Read more...

Visual Memory Significantly Related to Mathematics Achievement
Visual perceptual ability, and particularly visual memory, should be considered to be amongst the skills that are significantly related to mathematics achievement." Read more…