Cognitive specialization

Cognitive specialization is a theory that states that learning certain skills inhibits the ability to learn related but dissimilar skills. Study findings have shown that a person's ability to observe one's own mental processes, as well as that of others, might be an evolutionary trait, not just a common social one.^[1]

The typical example is language. As you learn one language, you may find it more difficult to learn other languages, particularly ones that are dissimilar to the first.^{[citation needed]}

This cognitive psychology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · edit] References ^ Povinelli, DJ; Preuss, TM (1995 Sep). "Theory of mind: evolutionary history of a cognitive specialization.". Trends in neurosciences 18 (9): 418–24. PMID 7482808.  Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат? Odor detection threshold High & Dry Look at other dictionaries: Specialization (disambiguation) — A specialization may be a course of study or major at an academic institution or may refer to the field that a specialist practices in. In addition, specialization may mean:Biology: * Specialization (functional) * Specialization of organs *… …   Wikipedia Cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition — Object recognition is the ability to perceive an object’s physical properties (such as shape, colour and texture) and apply semantic attributes to the object, which includes the understanding of its use, previous experience with the object and… …   Wikipedia Cognitive traps for intelligence analysis — This article deals with a subset of the intellectual process of intelligence analysis itself, as opposed to intelligence analysis management, which in turn is a subcomponent of intelligence cycle management. For a complete hierarchical list of… …   Wikipedia Cognitive polyphasia — The concept of cognitive polyphasia refers to the ability of people to think about the same issue in contradictory terms in different situations. From Greek: polloi many , phasis appearance . Origin of the concept In his research on popular… …   Wikipedia Functional specialization (brain) — This article is about specialization of function among regions of the brain generally. For the particular topic of left right brain specialization, see Lateralization of brain function. Functional specialization suggests that different areas in… …   Wikipedia Developmental cognitive neuroscience — is an interdisciplinary scientific field at the boundaries of neuroscience, psychology, social neuroscience, developmental science, and cognitive science. Contents 1 Origins of the discipline 2 Tools and techniques employed …   Wikipedia Interactive Specialization — is a theory of brain development proposed by the British cognitive neuroscientist Mark Johnson, who is head of the [http://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/ Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development] at Birkbeck College, London. In his book Developmental… …   Wikipedia List of psychology topics — This page aims to list all topics related to psychology. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… …   Wikipedia Autism — This article is about the classic autistic disorder; some writers use the word autism when referring to the range of disorders on the autism spectrum or to the various pervasive developmental disorders.[1] Autism …   Wikipedia Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”