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A cognitive shift can occur when a person undergoes a new experience, such as some astronauts experiencing the overview effect when launched into space. [2]Cognitive shifts can occur with or without the aid of an externally ingested psychoactive substance such as LSD or peyote.
Cognitive shifting is the mental process of consciously redirecting one's attention from one fixation to another. In contrast, if this process happened unconsciously, then it is referred to as task switching.
Task switching, or set-shifting, is an executive function that involves the ability to unconsciously shift attention between one task and another. In contrast, cognitive shifting is a very similar executive function, but it involves conscious (not unconscious) change in attention.
The overview effect is a cognitive shift [Note 1] reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. [2] Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with self-transcendent qualities, precipitated by a particularly striking visual stimulus". [3]
Cognitive flexibility [note 1] 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. [1]
This shift can shrink your calorie deficit, making it harder to shed pounds. ... A recent review suggests stress may influence weight through cognitive, behavioral, and physiological pathways ...
Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. [1] Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviorism, which held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside the realm of empirical ...
Often shortened to MCI, this diagnosis is characterized by subtle yet noticeable changes in memory and cognitive ability, says Sarah McKay, PhD, a neuroscientist and author of The Women’s Brain ...