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Cognitive flexibility

Cognitive flexibility is an intrinsic property of a cognitive system often associated with the mental ability to adjust its activity and content, switch between different task rules and corresponding behavioral responses, maintain multiple concepts simultaneously and shift internal attention between them. The term cognitive flexibility is traditionally…

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Cognitive flexibility

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related to Neural underpinnings · 14
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has application · 9
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related to Contributing factors · 9
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related to Deficits · 8
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related to Aging · 7
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related to A-not-B task · 6
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related to Wisconsin Card Sorting Test · 6
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related to Multiple Classification Card Sorting Task · 5
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is a · 4
Cognitive flexibility → component of executive functioning, intrinsic property of a cognitive system often associated with the mental ability to adjust its activity and content, subject of current research, vital component of learning
related to Definitions · 4
Cognitive flexibility → APA, APA Dictionary, Psychology, The American Psychological Association

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obsessiveinstance ofincreased myelination and regional gray matter volume occurring from birth to mid-twenties.DeficitsDiminished cognitive flexibility has been noted in a variety of neuropsychiatr…0.80text
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but also show greater task-related activation in older individuals when compared to younger individualsinstance ofRegions associated with cognitive flexibility0.80text

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