This suggests that inferences concerning birds' cognitive abilities from any single task, especially a task that does not involve learning a discrimination or reversal, may not be warranted.
To validate this emergence of an additional object of attention we interpret the task of experiment 1 within the light of longstanding results in cognitive psychology concerning attention and cognitive abilities [27], [28].
This suggests that lapses of attention associated with more spontaneous mind-wandering due to personal concerns is related to lower cognitive abilities (McVay & Kane, 2010), but that more deliberate mind-wandering associated with prospection is not necessarily related to cognitive abilities (McVay, Unsworth, McMillan, & Kane, 2013).
This developmental regression concerned not only the progressive loss of cognitive abilities such as language, socialization and attention, but also the loss of previously mastered automated functions: loss of toilet-training, pica, induced vomiting, merycism and sleep disorders.
Their decision concerning the child's presence was also influenced by the cognitive abilities, preferences, and emotional and physical condition of the child.
Concerning vocational problem solving, Rausch (2016) found evidence that domain-general cognitive abilities (such as general intelligence) play a minor role, whereas domain-specific problem situations require domain-specific expertise and knowledge to a greater extent.
As cognitive abilities usually impact academic performance significantly, education researchers may be concerned with the issue of whether cardiovascular factors are associated with cognitive abilities in adolescents.
This result does not indicate a lack of cognitive abilities; rather, that they are more aware and concern of metacognitive aspects, such as knowledge and regulation of cognition, as well as resource management aspects.
These results raise concerns regarding the influence of chronic aircraft noise on children's cognitive abilities.
