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ADHD - A disorder of self-regulation affecting attention control and inhibitory functions.
Analytical Thinking - Systematic process of breaking down complex problems into components.
Anchoring Bias - Over-relying on the first piece of information encountered.
Associative Thinking - Connecting ideas through relationships and similarities.
Attention Fatigue - The depletion of attentional capacity through sustained directed attention.
Attention Residue - The mental carry-over effect where thoughts from a previous task linger and interfere with focus on a new task.
Attention Span - The length of time one can concentrate on a task without becoming distracted.
Attention Switching - Moving focus between tasks or stimuli, incurring cognitive costs with each transition.
Attention Types - The two fundamental categories of attention: directed (goal-driven) and stimulated (stimulus-driven).
Attention - The cognitive process of selectively focusing on relevant information while ignoring distractions.
Attentional Blink - A brief period after noticing one stimulus during which a second stimulus is likely missed.
Attentional Process - The cognitive mechanisms that control what information we select, focus on, and process.
Availability Heuristic - Judging likelihood based on how easily examples come to mind.
Belief in Belief - A cognitive situation where your stated beliefs conflict with your actual actions and expectations.
Belief System Defenses - The subconscious or conscious creation of narratives to protect our beliefs and self-image.
Bottom-Up Attention - Attention captured automatically by salient stimuli in the environment.
Catastrophizing - A cognitive distortion involving irrational thoughts that something is far worse than it actually is.
Change Blindness - Failure to notice changes in visual scenes, especially during disruptions or when attention is elsewhere.
Chunking - Grouping information into meaningful units to enhance memory and comprehension.
Cingulate Cortex - A brain region involved in emotion, decision-making, and cognitive control.
Cognitive Distortions - Systematic patterns of biased thinking that negatively distort our perception of reality.
Cognitive Load - The mental effort required to process information or complete tasks.
Cognitive Switching Penalty - The mental cost and time lost when shifting between different tasks or contexts.
Cognitive Work - Work that primarily involves thinking, analysis, problem-solving, and mental processing.
Confirmation Bias - The tendency to favor information that confirms existing beliefs.
Context Switching - The mental cost of shifting attention between different tasks.
Convergent Thinking - Narrowing multiple possibilities to find the single best solution.
Critical Thinking - Disciplined analysis and evaluation of information to form well-reasoned judgments.
Decision Fatigue - The deteriorating quality of decisions after making many decisions.
Deliberate Thinking - Conscious, effortful thinking applied intentionally to complex problems.
Directed Attention - Intentional, goal-driven focus aligned with internal objectives and personal goals.
Divergent Thinking - Generating multiple possible solutions by exploring many different directions.
Divided Attention - Attempting to focus on multiple tasks or stimuli simultaneously, usually with reduced performance.
Dual Coding Theory - The theory that cognition processes verbal and visual information through separate systems.
Dunning-Kruger Effect - Cognitive bias where novices overestimate and experts underestimate their abilities.
Effort Justification - A cognitive bias where people value outcomes more when they required significant effort to achieve.
Einstellung Effect - The tendency to apply familiar solutions even when better alternatives exist.
Elaboration Strategies - Learning techniques that connect new information to existing knowledge through explanation and examples.
Encoding - The process of converting information into memory traces.
Fighting Recency Bias - Strategies to counteract the tendency to overweight recent information in decisions.
Focus Modes - Different types of concentrated attention suited to various cognitive tasks.
Focus - The ability to direct and maintain attention on what matters.
Forgetting is a Form of Learning - Forgetting helps the brain filter irrelevant information and strengthens memory through retrieval practice.
Hindsight Bias - The tendency to see past events as having been predictable.
Inattentional Blindness - Failure to notice unexpected stimuli when attention is focused elsewhere.
Information Fatigue Syndrome - Mental exhaustion caused by exposure to excessive amounts of information.
Intellectual Quotient (IQ) - A measure of cognitive ability and problem-solving skills, often called raw intelligence.
Linear Thinking - Sequential, step-by-step reasoning that follows a straight logical path.
Loss Aversion - The pain of losing is psychologically stronger than the pleasure of gaining.
Mental Context - The cognitive state and loaded information needed for a specific task.
Mental Energy - The cognitive resources available for thinking, deciding, and creating.
Meta-Learning - Learning how to learn - understanding and optimizing your learning process.
Metacognition - Thinking about thinking - awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
Moravec's Paradox - The observation that tasks easy for humans (like perception and movement) are hard for AI, while tasks hard for humans (like math and chess) are easy for AI.
Multiple Intelligences Theory - Howard Gardner's theory that intelligence comprises multiple distinct types rather than a single ability.
Narrative Fallacy - The tendency to create overly coherent stories from random or complex events.
Novelty Bias - Disproportionate attraction to new information over established knowledge.
Prefrontal Cortex - The brain region responsible for executive functions like planning, decision-making, and impulse control.
Radiant Thinking - The brain's natural associative thinking pattern where ideas radiate outward from a central concept, forming the basis for mind mapping.
Recency Bias - The tendency to overweight recent information in decision-making.
Representational Thinking - Creating mental or external representations to understand and manipulate complex ideas.
Retrieval - The process of accessing and bringing stored information into consciousness.
Rumination - Repetitive, passive thinking about negative emotions, their causes, and consequences without taking action.
Selective Attention - The cognitive process of focusing on specific stimuli while filtering out others.
Sharpness of Thinking - The ability to see concepts clearly, reason precisely, and connect ideas in novel ways.
Signal Detection Theory - A framework for understanding how we distinguish meaningful information (signal) from noise.
Spatial Intelligence - The cognitive ability to think in three dimensions, visualize objects, and mentally manipulate spatial information.
Stimulated Attention - Reactive attention captured by external stimuli, often leading to distraction and time waste.
Sunk Cost Fallacy - Continuing investments due to past costs that cannot be recovered.
Survivorship Bias - Focusing on successful examples while ignoring failures that didn't survive.
Sustained Attention - The ability to maintain focus on a task over extended periods.
Tacit Knowledge - Knowledge that is difficult to articulate, transfer, or codify - learned through experience and intuition.
Threshold Concepts - Transformative ideas that open new ways of thinking - once crossed, you can't go back.
Top-Down Attention - Voluntary attention directed by goals, intentions, and conscious choice.
Transfer Learning - Applying knowledge from one domain to accelerate learning in another.
Troublesome Knowledge - Knowledge that is conceptually difficult, counterintuitive, or challenges existing beliefs.
Unconscious Bias Training - Educational programs designed to help people recognize and reduce implicit biases.
Working Memory - The limited-capacity system for temporarily holding and manipulating information.
Zeigarnik Effect - The tendency to remember uncompleted tasks better than completed ones.

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