Table 4.
Higher-Order Cognitive Function | Lower-Order Cognitive Function |
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Information Processing Speed | Simple Reaction Time (RT) |
Choice/Complex RT | |
Psychomotor | Fine motor control |
Hand-eye coordination | |
Gross motor control | |
(Marksmanship involves first two) | |
Attention/Vigilance | Selective Attention |
Sustained Attention (vigilance) | |
Divided Attention | |
Target Detection | |
Memory | Procedural |
Episodic | |
Semantic | |
Prospective | |
Short-Term Memory | |
Visual Discrimination | |
Executive Function | Running Memory |
Working Memory Map Reading (orienteering) Inhibitory Control: |
|
Self-Control (emotions) | |
Resistance to Interference | |
Response Inhibition | |
Logical reasoning | |
Planning | |
Cognitive Flexibility: Verbal Reasoning |
|
Numerical Reasoning (math ability) | |
Spatial Reasoning | |
Problem Solving | |
Task Switching | |
Cognitive Shifting |