cognitive deficits
Thinking ability losses
Cognitive deficits are impairments in mental functions like memory, attention, reasoning, or language.
The term appears in medical and psychological contexts to describe difficulties that interfere with daily functioning: The stroke left him with significant cognitive deficits.
Deficits may result from brain injury, neurological disease, developmental conditions, or aging.
The plural form is standard—clinicians rarely speak of a single cognitive deficit in isolation.
- forgetFail to recall
- short term memoryBrief information storage
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- senior momentBrief memory lapse
- anomiaInability to recall words
distractibility · aphasia · inattentiveness · attention span · repeat · processing speed · dyslexia · dysgraphia · hyperactivity · misplace · hesitate · brain fog · mental fatigue · spaced out · impulsivity · wander · lost · pause
cognitive deficitscognitive abilities
Capacities for thought
mental acuity · intellectual capacity · sharp mind · mental sharpness · mental clarity
cognitive deficitscognitive enhancement
Improving mental function artificially
cognitive development · neuroplasticity · cognitive growth · intellectual growth · brain training
cognitive deficitsemotional disturbance
Upset mental state
emotional dysregulation · mood disorders · psychiatric symptoms · behavioral problems · personality disorders
cognitive, cognition, cognize, cognizant, cognizable, recognize, recognition, recognizable, incognito