Cognitive domain | Description | Cognitive functions |
Receptive | Complex sensory reception: central analysis, integration and encoding of stimuli | Perception |
Perception: integration of sensory information into psychologically meaningful constructs, including recognition, discrimination and orientation | Construction | |
Learning and memory | Implicit (non-declarative) memory: memory of skills and perceptual learning | Memory and learning |
Declarative memory: relating to information, objects and events | Verbal/language | |
Processing | The ability to relate two or more pieces of information. Includes computation, reasoning, concept formation, abstraction, organisation, planning and problem solving | Memory and learningVerbal/languageReasoningExecutive function |
Expressive function | The physical expression of cognitive processes (verbal, writing and drawing, manipulation, gestures and movements) | ConstructionReasoningExecutive functionMotor function |
Mental activity variables | Attention and consciousness. Not classes of cognition per se. Facilitate cognitive processes | PerceptionMemory and learningConstructionReasoningExecutive functionMotor functionProcessing speed |
It is important to note that no classification of sub-divisions and domains of cognition is universally accepted; the one presented here is one of many.