Crone EA, Ridderinkhof KR, Worm M, Somsen RJ, van der Molen MW (2004) Switching between spatial stimulus - response mappings: a developmental
study of cognitive flexibility.
The WSU research team is currently applying what they learned from their study to develop new ways to help surgeons, police officers, soldiers and other individuals who regularly deal with the effects of sleep deprivation in critical, dynamic settings cope with the
loss of cognitive flexibility.
«Our concept is quite different from other
conceptualizations of cognitive flexibility because we describe it as arising from four separate cognitive operations, whereas other researchers have described it as a manifestation of a single cognitive operation,» Dajani said.
A study of older adults at risk of late - onset Alzheimer's disease found that those who consumed more omega - 3 fatty acids did better than their peers on
tests of cognitive flexibility — the ability to efficiently switch between tasks — and had a bigger anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region known to contribute to cognitive flexibility.
In an ill - structured domain such as literacy teaching, Rand Spiro has argued for the
importance of cognitive flexibility and for the power of case - based learning, specifically using mini-cases that, through computer technology, can be juxtaposed to illustrate complexities of teaching.
Crone EA, Ridderinkhof KR, Worm M, Somsen RJ, van der Molen MW (2004) Switching between spatial stimulus - response mappings: a developmental
study of cognitive flexibility.
A person with high
levels of cognitive flexibility would immediately adapt to the change, determine the next best route home, and remember to use the same route the following morning, all with little problem.
«New model
of cognitive flexibility gives insight into autism spectrum disorder: Being in the present means constantly changing: University of Miami researchers propose a model of cognitive flexibility that helps scientists understand autism spectrum disorder and other behavioral and neurological disorders.»