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Cognitive impairments are noted deteriorations in cognitive ability] due to or associated with such factors as brain injuryphysical illness, mental disorders, stress and aging. The effects may be temporary or long lasting.

• Memory impairment
  • Autobiographical memory impairment
  • Episodic memory impairment
  • Prosopagnosia impaiment of face recognition
  • Long term memory impairment
  • Procedural memory impairment
  • Semantic memory impairment
  • Short term memory impairment
  • Working memory impairment
• Attention impairment
  • Concentration impairment
  • Distractability
  • Tracking difficulties
  • Decisions making difficulties
  • Problems solving difficulties
• Comprehension difficulties
  • Comprehension difficulties with the spoken word
  • Comprehension difficulties with the written word
• Mathematical skill impairment
• Language impairment
  • Tip of the tongue phenomena
  • Communication of thoughts impairment
  • Communication of feeling impairment
  • Unintentional speech repetition
• Information processing deficits
• Executive function deficits
• Impaired abitility to learn
  • Impaired handling of novelty
  • Impaired ability to benefit from experience
• Impairments in reality testing
• Social skills impairment

[edit] Assessment of cognitive impairment

• Neuropsychological assessment
• Neuropsychological measures

[edit] See also

• Mild cognitive impairment
• Cognitive deficits