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- Agnosia [r]: A perceptual disorder that is the loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Aphasia [r]: A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Apraxia [r]: A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Cognitive behavioral therapy [r]: A psychotherapeutic technique based on assisting the patient to learn the interpretation of (cognitive structure of experiences that trigger behavior, and, if that behavior is maladaptive, to change the response to the experience [e]
- Executive functioning [r]: "The ability to think abstractly and to plan, initiate, sequence, monitor, and stop complex behavior." (Holsinger T JAMA. 2007 PMID 17551132) [e]
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- Confusion [r]: A mental state characterized by bewilderment, emotional disturbance, lack of clear thinking, and perceptual disorientation (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Dementia [r]: Progressive decline in two or more cognitive domains that is severe enough to interfere with the performance of everyday activities (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Emotion [r]: A psychophysiological process underlying the interpretation of situations or objects by a vertebrate. [e]
- Memory [r]: The cognitive processes that lead to the retaining and recalling of past experience. [e]
