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An aptitude is an innate
inborn ability to do a
certain kind of work.
Aptitudes may be physical or
mental. Aptitude and
intelligence quotient are
related, and in some ways
opposite, views of human
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List of memory biases
Memory biases may either
enhance or impair the recall
of memory, or they may alter
the content of what we
report remembering. There
are many memory biases
including the humor effect,
positivity effect and the
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Functional neuroimaging
Functional neuroimaging is
the use of neuroimaging
technology to measure an
aspect of brain function,
often with a view to
understanding the
relationship between
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Mensa International
Mensa International is the
largest, oldest, and most
well-known high IQ society
in the world. The
organization restricts its
membership to people with
high testable IQs.
Specifically, potential
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Cognitive neuroscience
The field of cognitive neuroscience concerns the scientific study of the neural mechanisms underlying cognition and is a branch of neuroscience. Cognitive neuroscience overlaps with cognitive ... > more -
Brain damage
Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain damage may occur due to a wide range of conditions, illnesses, or injuries. Possible causes of widespread ... > more -
Animal cognition
Animal cognition, or cognitive ethology, is the title given to a modern approach to the mental capacities of non human animals. It has developed out of comparative psychology, but has also been ... > more -
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive Psychology is the school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of Max ... > more -
Cognitive bias
A cognitive bias is any of a wide range of observer effects identified in cognitive science and social psychology including very basic statistical, social attribution, and memory errors that are ... > more -
Instructional design
Instructional design, also known as instructional systems design, is the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of ... > more -
Social cognition
Social cognition is the study of how people process social information, especially its encoding, storage, retrieval, and application to social situations. There has been much recent interest in the ... > more -
Intellectual giftedness
Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. Giftedness is a trait that starts at birth and continues throughout the life-span. Giftedness is not a marker of ... > more -
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Learning disability
In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability is used to refer to psychological and neurological conditions that affect a person's communicative capacities and potential to be taught ... > more
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