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Today we present you a new worksheet to work on selective attention in adults called Counting and Selecting. This activity was already available in paper format, but we have completely updated it to improve it and create its digital version – many more worksheets with much more eye-catching images! What does this activity to work on selective attention …
High Intellectual Ability (HIA) When the intelligence quotient (IQ) of an individual is around or above 130 we can affirm that the person has a high intellectual capacity. The intelligence test is used to evaluate the quotient. Currently, the predominant paradigm in this field is that of multiple intelligences contributed by Howard Gardner. Thus, we …
The following is a brief anatomical basis of attention. We are not looking for an exhaustive bibliographical or theoretical exhaustiveness of the concept, only a brief exposition of the main nodes involved in the attentional process, and how they do it. We will start from Posner’s model (which is the most widely accepted) and implement …
Introducing a new visual gnosis activity for adults! Sort the Money is an exercise with high ecological value for adults to become familiar with and identify the coins and banknotes of their country’s (or others!) currency. What does it consist of? Sort the Money consists of classifying coins and banknotes by their value. In this …
(The present document “Cognitive motor training: use of dual tasks, virtual and augmented reality” is based on a free translation of the document entitled “Walking and balance training based on virtual and augmented reality” (1) with contributions by the author José López Sánchez, based on his clinical experience and other published scientific studies on the …
What is attention? Attention is a basic, multidimensional cognitive ability, essential for information processing[1]. On the one hand, it is considered basic because it is essential for the correct functioning of higher-order psychological processes such as learning, by receiving, selecting and assimilating/interpreting stimuli that will later be encoded and stored in an organized manner in …
How does insomnia affect executive functions? In today’s society, sleep problems are much more common than in previous decades. This is due, among other factors, to the sensory overstimulation which we are subjected to on a daily basis and to the stress of our accelerated pace of life. Difficulty falling asleep, insomnia and sleepwalking, among other …
How many times have you gone to the fridge or the closet looking for something specific, and even though you had what you were looking for right in front of you, you didn’t see it? If this ever happened to you, you were probably surprised to find it where you had not seen it before: …
We live in a time in which we are swamped with stimuli that make it difficult for us to maintain attention on a task. It is becoming more common to watch a movie while reading the news on the computer and texting on the phone at the same time. We are now used to perform several tasks simultaneously, but do we really pay enough attention to what we are doing? How can we tell when we are dealing with attention problems? Can attention be trained?
