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title: "15 Cognitive Skills Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Cognitive Skills quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Cognitive Skills sayings and thoughts."
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> [The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/the-cognitive-skills-that-underpin-resilience-then-seem-like-they-can/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

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> [Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-bandura/regression-analyses-show-that-self-efficacy-contributes-to/)

[Albert Bandura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-bandura/)

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> [My cognitive skills are a little suspect at times. It comes and goes on certain days. I can be sitting here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pronger/my-cognitive-skills-are-a-little-suspect-at-times-it-comes-and-goes/)

[Chris Pronger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pronger/)

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> [“Twelve-year-olds are eager to turn everything into arguments but don't have the cognitive skills to win them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-perlstein/twelve-year-olds-are-eager-to-turn-everything-into-arguments-but-don/)

[Linda Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-perlstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/linda-perlstein-108817_arguments_twelve-year-olds-are-eager-to-turn-every_2687624.jpg)

> [Those who have high business acumen display specific, identifiable cognitive skills that permit them to perform better than their peers. Once we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-menkes/those-who-have-high-business-acumen-display-specific-identifiable/)

[Justin Menkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-menkes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/justin-menkes-21538_business_those-who-have-high-business-acumen-disp_20453.jpg)

> [Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/reading-develops-cognitive-skills-it-trains-our-minds-to-think/)

[Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/karin-slaughter-1463_acid_reading-develops-cognitive-skills-it-tra_2038991.jpg)

> [“Rather than simply training our children’s minds to absorb and regurgitate facts so that they can do well on standardized tests, mindfulness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-a-jennings/rather-than-simply-training-our-children-s-minds-to-absorb-and/)

[Patricia A. Jennings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-a-jennings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/patricia-a-jennings-17210_children_rather-than-simply-training-our-children_3038110.jpg)

> [Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bok/economists-who-have-studied-the-relationship-between-education-and/)

[Derek Bok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bok/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/derek-bok-13117_ability_economists-who-have-studied-the-relation_1462892.jpg)

> [Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-goleman/cognitive-skills-such-as-big-picture-thinking-and-long-term-vision/)

[Daniel Goleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-goleman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/daniel-goleman-1599_big-picture_cognitive-skills-such-as-big-picture-thi_2577221.jpg)

> [The cognitive skills prized by the American educational establishment and measured by achievement tests are only part of what is required for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-heckman/the-cognitive-skills-prized-by-the-american-educational-establishment/)

[James Heckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-heckman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/james-heckman-21687_achievement_the-cognitive-skills-prized-by-the-ameri_234707.jpg)

> [We often say that someone has exceptional political or social savvy, but what specific cognitive skills allow these people to handle interpersonal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-menkes/we-often-say-that-someone-has-exceptional-political-or-social-savvy/)

[Justin Menkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-menkes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/justin-menkes-21538_action_we-often-say-that-someone-has-exceptiona_2989192.jpg)

> [Only recently have we begun to understand the specific cognitive skills that contribute to business success and how to measure them. Hopefully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-menkes/only-recently-have-we-begun-to-understand-the-specific-cognitive/)

[Justin Menkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-menkes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/justin-menkes-21538_ability_only-recently-have-we-begun-to-understan_2047467.jpg)

> [Very little attention is paid to improving the decision-making skills of both individual executives and the organizational benchstrength as a whole. Often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-menkes/very-little-attention-is-paid-to-improving-the-decision-making-skills/)

[Justin Menkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-menkes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/justin-menkes-21538_assumption_very-little-attention-is-paid-to-improvi_1154170.jpg)

> [ “\[Patricia Greenfield\] concluded that “every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.” Our growing use of the Net and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-g-carr/patricia-greenfield-concluded-that-every-medium-develops-some/)

[Nicholas G. Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-g-carr/)

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> [“Ellington would be growing up in a culture saturated with an idea you might call the cognitive hypothesis: the belief... that success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tough/ellington-would-be-growing-up-in-a-culture-saturated-with-an-idea-you/)

[Paul Tough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tough/)

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                        "text": "“[Patricia Greenfield] concluded that “every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.” Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies has led to the “widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.” We can, for example, rotate objects in our minds better than we used to be able to. But our “new strengths in visual-spatial intelligence” go hand in hand with a weakening of our capacities for the kind of “deep processing” that underpins “mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.”",
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