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Using mobile devices for cognitive skills
From the course: Learning with Your Mobile Device
Using mobile devices for cognitive skills
- Every day, your brain combines cognitive skills to complete tasks. It takes in new information which involves attention and perception. It organizes that information which involves processing, problem-solving, and critical thinking. And it saves everything for retrieval later, which involves different types of memory. If you want to strengthen your cognitive skills, then try the following mobile strategies for improving attention, problem-solving, and memory. First, attention. Do you have a hard time staying focused while doing your homework or at a meeting at work? Attention plays an important role in how much new information we can assimilate but these days, attention can be difficult to maintain. Ironically, mobile devices often distract our attention but they can also help us improve it. Here are some apps that can help. Apps like Lumosity and Mind Games provide training for multiple cognitive skills, including attention. Apps like Elevate combine training for cognitive skills…
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