How the Brain Works
How do cognitive skills work together to perform mental tasks? Consider the following mental task:
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Spell the capital of Jordan backwards.
Sounds simple? This task actually uses all seven skills shown above. You will have to: 1. Be paying attention 2. Remember the instructions (working memory) 3. Recall the capital of Jordan (long-term memory) 4. Decide how you're going to solve the problem (logic & reasoning) 5. Sound the syllables (auditory processing) 6. Picture the name and read it backwards (visual processing) How quickly you perform this task depends on your processing speed. |
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If just one of these skills wasn't working efficiently, doing mental tasks would be harder - no matter how many times you're taught or tutored. This is why we aim to strengthen all your cognitive skills with our customized one-on-one training.