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Cognitive Skills and Study Methods

Attention and Perception: How Attention Shapes What We See

We don’t perceive the world as it is — we perceive what we attend to. This article unpacks how attention acts as a mental filter, shaping our experience of reality. From cocktail parties to shadowing experiments, perception is revealed not as passive recording but as active selection.

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Jun 25, 2025Sue du Plessis
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Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties

Letter Reversals and Mirror Writing – Signs of Dyslexia?

When learning to read, children may mistake certain letters for other similar ones, especially those that can be reversed or appear the same when seen in a mirror. The child may read dog as bog or look at the written word was and read it as saw. These errors are called letter reversals and mirror writing. Are they signs of dyslexia?

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Sep 25, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Cognitive Skills and Study Methods

16 Cognitive Skills that Matter, How to Improve Them

Cognitive skills, also called cognitive abilities, cognitive functions, or cognitive capabilities, are mental skills used in acquiring knowledge, manipulating information, reasoning, and problem-solving.

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May 6, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Cognitive Skills and Study Methods

Cognitive Skills Determine Learning Ability

Research has shown that cognitive skills are a determining factor of an individual's learning ability. Cognitive skills are mental skills used in acquiring knowledge; according to Oxfordlearning.com, the skills that "separate the good learners from the so-so learners."

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Jan 3, 2023Sue du Plessis
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