COGNITION

Attention

• More easily distracted

• Slow processing skills

Social Cognition

• Decreased insight into deficits

• Trouble understanding nonverbal cues in discourse

Visuospatial skills

• Neglect of one side, such as not seeing words on the left side of a page

Cognitive-communication disorders include difficulties organizing thoughts, paying attention, remembering, planning, and/or problem-solving. These disorders may occur as a result of a stroke, tumor, traumatic brain injury, progressive degenerative brain disorder, or other neurological damage.

The six domains of cognition are:

Memory and learning

• Short or long-term memory

• Orientation

• Learning new skills

Language

• Ability to find the right words and/or understand others

Executive Functioning

• Planning

• Time Management

• Task initiation

• Metacognition