conceptual apraxia

a profound inability to use tools in an appropriate way. Conceptual apraxia is characterized by conceptual errors, in contrast to ideomotor apraxia, in which spatial errors are typically encountered.

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February 11th 2025

cognitive complexity

the state or quality of a thought process that involves numerous constructs, with many interrelationships among them. Such processing is often experienced as difficult or effortful. See also conceptual complexity.