cognitive milestones
Mental growth checkpoints
Cognitive milestones are developmental markers indicating when children typically acquire mental abilities—recognizing faces, understanding object permanence, solving simple problems, using language.
Pediatricians and parents track these benchmarks to assess whether a child's intellectual development falls within normal ranges: She's hitting all her cognitive milestones.
Missing milestones may signal developmental delays requiring intervention.
- short-term memoryFleeting cognitive storage
- theory of mindAttributing mental states to others
- deductive reasoningDeriving specifics from generalities
- working memoryTemporary cognitive holding space
- empathySharing another's emotions
social cues · babbling · first words · object permanence · critical thinking · decision-making · abstract thinking · pretend play · phonics · hypothesis testing · emotional regulation · self awareness · vocabulary expansion · sentence formation · procedural memory · recall · attention span · verbal expression
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Reduced intellectual functioning
developmental delays · cognitive impairments · intellectual disabilities · learning disabilities · cognitive decline
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Worsening of thought abilities
mental deterioration · dementia · neurodegeneration · cognitive impairment · senility
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