Cognitive Task

AKA: Cognition-Requiring Task, Conceptual Task.
Context:
- measure: Cognition Performance Measure.
- It can be solved by a Cognitive System (such as a knowledge worker or artificial intelligence).
- It can range from being a Routine Cognitive Task to being a Complex Cognitive Task.
- It can be instantiate in a Cognitive Act.
- It can (often) contain a Learning System.
- It can (often) contain a Reasoning Task.
- It can range from being a Human-Performed Cognitive Task to being An AI-Supported Task to being an AI-Performed Task.
- It can range from being an Information-Processing Task to being a Decision-Making Task.
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Example(s):
- an Analysis Task.
- a Synthesis Task.
- a Problem Solving Task, such as a software engineering task.
- a Facial Recognition Task (which is simple for most humans).
- a Decision-Making Task.
- a Consciousness Task.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Simple Repetitive Task.
- a Physical Task, such as a walking task.
See: Mentally-Disabled Human, Automation Task.

References

(Charness & Boot, 2009) ⇒ Neil Charness, and Walter R Boot. (2009). “Aging and Information Technology Use Potential and Barriers.” In: Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(5).
- QUOTE: Why are older adults reluctant to adopt new technology, such as the Internet, given its potential to improve the quality of their lives? We review evidence indicating that attitudes and abilities are among the most powerful predictors of technology use. We conclude that normative age-related changes in ability must be taken into account when designing products and training programs for aging adults, and we discuss new tools to support designers. The most promising emerging technologies likely lie in training cognitive abilities and augmenting or substituting for impaired abilities.