COGNITIVE BRAIN FUNCTION – Daily Wisdom Words

Some people are simply born bright. Have you noticed these individuals? Their minds, memory, and thoughts when verbalized, are way ahead of yours. Intelligence, however has many different forms it may take. This article will discuss intelligence and the different types we have.

Innate/Cognithive skill intelligence is the type of intelligence I will mention first. I have seen or met very few people who have this type of intelligence. Let’s pretend you are looking for a solution for anything, myself for example. These highly intelligent thinkers come up with an answer before I am able to process the full issue..

One person who I have gotten to know personally would be our IT hosting specialist. Before I can even organize my thoughts, Matthew has come up with a sensible solution and does it so fast. He seems to be two steps ahead of me at all times. It is not just because he works in a field I don’t know as much about. It has to do with his agile thinking from any perspective, even outside the box thinking. Did Matthew learn this in college? I don’t believe so. I think he was born with it. I asked Matthew some questions I think are pertinent to cognitive ability and thinking process. I found his answers fascinating. Next, are the questions I asked, and Matthew’s answers.

When you were a child, did you exhibit boredom easily? Yes; at a young age this was addressed by simply learning more about everything i could get my hands on. Soon, my school began letting me take classes for grades above me simultaneously with my onlevel work as a way to “keep me busy”. It’s a safe assumption that when I wasn’t kept busy, I was a problem child to my teachers who were focused on the other 30 students.

How old were you when you walked? I was walking and talking around 18 months old. Somehow needed to move so badly that I skipped crawling all together. Schools and parents were not happy with the number of bruises that this faulty progression left me with.

How were you grades? I did really well in school until sophomore year of highschool. Until that point I was a straight A honor-roll kinda student. After that my lack of focus shifted my interests into more, harmful directions.

Are you a perfectionist? This is a tricky one. The truth is it relates to my interest and ego levels at any given point of time. If something is unlikely to be seen by others (family, friends, employer) then is much more likely to just do an ok job at a task, and be content with “just fixing the rest later” if i think there was more effort i could have given. On the contrary, if there is a high level of interest in a significant ego component to a particular task, then it will get my undivided attention. To be frank, it will get so much attention that it will be to the detriment of other tasks that I should be prioritizing, but can’t bother to focus on yet.

You appear to hear, and receive, process information quickly. Why do you think this is? I don’t listen well. That’s the honest truth. I am working really hard to be a better listener, but it’s a work in progress. The biggest reason for this is my need to find the answer. In doing so, I take each work I hear and filter them trying to find the fastest route to the solution a person may be asking about. This leads me to “jump” to conclusions very rapidly in a conversation. Time and repetition has honed the skill and for most scenarios I actually know the answer before a person finishes asking the question. The skill I do not possess is the ability to filter myself and not cut people off with my perceived answers before they finish because there are times when I guess the wrong questions to answer.

Do you feel you talk or listen to others or both? Talk, I am a terrible listener. My mind moves a million miles a minute and my mouth is not far off of that. I actually prefer to think aloud, thus rarely to I take time to listen to others.

What do you excel most with? mathematics? or english or art? When I was younger it was math. Now problem solving and solution generation is more of what I can do. I have never been good at the fundamentals of English or language. Art is something I am jealous of, because I possess absolutely zero artistic creativity.

There is also my son. Sound like a mother bragging? You would have to meet my son to see what I mean. Although Matthew seems to think faster than my son, what my son says is always above the IQ level of a normal person. He also is two steps ahead of me. He also thinks, “outside the box”. If I am trying to solve a problem, he is the first to think of a solution outside the box. My son is easy to speak about. He walked when he was 81/2 months old. He read words and comprehended them by the time he was 3 years old. He was always a 4.0 or better in high school, graduated one year early and wiped out a dual Bachelor’s degree at Stanford University is 2.5 years. He went on to UVA for law school and his acumen is no longer his primary focus. I do believe someone can have this form of intelligence and choose not to apply nor expand it.

Fluid intelligence-this is the basic reasoning and other mental activities which excel despite one’s education level. In other words, it appears they are born with it.. It involves the portion of the brain which has to do with short term memory. It also has to do with the ability to easily fall into any environment and fit in, learning the skill set necessary quickly to be successful

Another type of intelligence is called Crystallized intelligence. It refers to learned procedures and knowledge a person gains with experiences. This type of intelligence refers to Algebra learned in school, vocabulary and spelling. This means although the person had to learn what they know, they were especially wired to absorb whatever it is they are taught as well as what the learn in school and from others.

Emotional intelligence refers to one being able to. identify their own emotions correctly and other’s emotions. Empathy plays a very important part of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence has been described by leading psychologists in the field of E.I. and is described as the array of skills such as leadership, compatibility, Currently, a debate exists as to whether emotional intelligence is an intelligence that should be taken seriously. These individuals have the ability to perceive emotions, access and generate emotion, Perceiving emotions, Understanding emotions, and managing emotions. It is said that leadership skills are higher with one who has E. I. They tend to have self-regulations, social skills, empathy and motivation. Although there are tests to measure E.I., Scientists are in doubt for counting this as a measurably scientifically. According to a recent article by the journalist, Daniel Goleman, emotional intelligence accounts for more career success than I.Q.

There is much more to cover, but this is enough for today! As always, thanks for reading. Beneath the “ten reasons you should join daily wisdom words” please share your thoughts, or anything you wish in the “join the discussion” area of this post.

Samantha LeBoeuf

LAPSES WILL BE OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD TODAY. WHAT ARE LAPSES AND HOW DO THEY APPLY TO US? WE WILL LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF LAPSES AND WHY THEY OCCUR. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, HOWEVER, LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORD, “LAPSES” IN OUR WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION.

WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF LAPSES-1. A TEMPORARY FAILURE OF CONCENTRATION, MEMORY OR JUDGEMENT. 2. AN INTERVAL OR PASSAGE OF TIME.

DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION OF LAPSES-THOSE MOMENTS THAT ARE LOST TO TIME ITSELF. THE PERIOD OF TIME OF THESE MOMENTS.

LAPSES ARE QUITE COMMON AND NORMAL IN MOST OF US. THERE ARE THOSE EXCEPTIONS WHEN LAPSES ARE A SIGN OF A MEDICAL CONDITION SUCH AS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE OR MENTALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS WHO DO SO IN CONNECTION WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS SUCH AS DEMENTIA. DEMENTIA OR FORGETTING THINGS AS YOU GET OLDER IS NORMAL TO SOME DEGREE. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IS A DISEASE THAT CANNOT BE CURED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

LAPSES OCCUR WITH ME WHEN I DAYDREAM, NOT SO OFTEN ANYMORE. I HAVE GONE FROM BEING AN OPTIMISTIC PERSON WHO SUFFERS WITH BOUTS OF DEPRESSION TO A REALISTIC INDIVIDUAL AS I GET OLDER. IT IS HARD TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC, WHEN WE GAIN KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM ABOUT LIFE. I AM 55 YEARS OLD. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ILLNESS AND TRAGEDIES MYSELF, AND WATCHED OTHERS HURT WITH LOSS AND SICKNESS. IT TAKES A TOLL ON OPTIMISM. LAPSES WITH ME BEING IN A CONSCIOUS STATE OF MIND, DON’T OCCUR. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE LAPSES WHEN I LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT OR DAYDREAM. I HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUMP FROM ONE SUBJECT OR ANOTHER WHEN I AM COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER PERSON I FEEL CLOSE TO. IT DRIVES MY FRIENDS MAD, BECAUSE I WILL, AFTER CHANGING THE SUBJECT TO A NEW TOPIC, THAT CAME INTO MY HEAD, GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS TOPIC. I WILL ALWAYS END UP ASKING WHOMEVER I AM HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH, “WHERE WAS I”?. THIS IS ALSO A FORM OF LAPSING BECAUSE I NEED TO BE REMINDED WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT PRIOR TO THE LAPSE FREQUENTLY.

NEVER HAVE I HAD AS MANY LAPSES AS THE PAST FEW MONTHS. CHUNKS OF TIME PASS, AND BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR TO STAY HOME, AS TIME HAS PASSED DURING THIS “STAY AT HOME” ORDER, I AM FORGETTING WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS OR WHAT THE ACTUAL DATE IS. I EVEN HAVE A LATE PAY ON A CREDIT CARD TO PROVE THIS, BECAUSE I JUST SKIPPED MAKING MY MARCH PAYMENT AND IT IS NOW APRIL, I THINK, (NO, I AM KIDDING). I

NEVER HAVE WE SEEN AS MANY LAPSES TO OUR ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES AS I WITNESSED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. WE HAVE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY UNEMPLOYED. I BELIEVE I JUST HEARD OVER 500,000 INDIVIDUALS FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS.

I CHOSE THE WORD, LAPSES DELIBERATELY IN REFERENCE TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY. THERE IS SUCH A THING AS “DELIBERATE LAPSES.” I COULD NOT HELP BUT NOTICE THERE WERE MANY TIMES DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HAD WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE, DELIBERATE LAPSES. WHEN SOMEONE USES DELIBERATE LAPSES CAN LEAD TO A LAPSE IN JUDGEMENT. I HAVE ALSO FOUND BY SIMPLY OBSERVING NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION, THAT DELIBERATE ACTS OF DECEIT SEEM TO FOLLOW. WE ALL HAVE LAPSES IN JUDGEMENT THAT ARE ACCIDENTAL SO I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THIS AND SHARE WITH YOU IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES I LISTED ABOVE TO HAVE TEMPORARY LAPSES WITH OUR THOUGHTS AND LOSE TRACK OF TIME, SPACIAL LAPSES, AND ACCIDENTAL LAPSES IN JUDGEMENT. THIS IS NOT WHAT I AM REFERRING TO.

PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR, AND SHARE WITH US A TIME WHEN YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS LAPSED, OR YOUR MEMORY TEMPORARILY. THERE IS A PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE EXPLANATION FOR THESE ACCIDENTAL LAPSES. I WANT TO SHARE ONE LAST EXPERIENCE WITH YOU REGARDING AN ACCIDENTAL LAPSE I HAD WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER. I HAD MY DAUGHTER WITH ME AND SHE WAS STILL IN A CAR SEAT. SHE HAD AN EAR INFECTION AND THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS COOL ENOUGH NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HER GETTING OVERHEATED WHILE I RAN IN TO PICK HER PRESCRIPTION. I WASN’T GONE LONGER THAN FOUR MINUTES. I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY CAR DOOR DIGGING IN MY PURSE TO FIND MY CAR KEYS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. I NEXT REMEMBER NOT FINDING THEM IN MY PURSE AND LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE DRIVER’S SEAT IN THE WINDOW. A SPARKLING KEYCHAIN WITH MY HOUSE AND CAR AN SPARE KEY TO MY CAR HUNG ON THE CHAIN.

I SIMPLY FROZE! I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND CELL PHONES WERE COMMONLY NOT CARRIED AMONG US IN THIS TIME PERIOD. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND SOMEONE NEARBY WILLING TO HELP ME BY BEING ABLE TO USE HIS CAR PHONE. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN TWO MINUTES THEY ARRIVED AND WITHIN ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES UNLOCKED MY CAR. MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST STARTING TO WAKE UP AS I SWUNG OPEN THE DOOR AND TOOK HER OUT OF HER CAR SEAT HOLDING HER TIGHT. YES, THERE ARE ACCIDENTAL LAPSES IN MEMORY AND THERE ARE DELIBERATE LAPSES WHICH ARE USED TO BUY TIME FOR AN ANSWER OR DECEIVE US. IT IS EASY TO FORGET WHAT WE HEAR ON NEWS ONE DAY, AND IT DOES APPEAR TO ME THAT OUR PRESIDENT CHANGES COURSE VERY OFTEN. IT IS BEST TO PROTECT OURSELVES WE DOCUMENT THOSE KIND OF LAPSES.

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