Cognitive And Development Delay

Cognitive And Development Delay

Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking processes, which include problem solving, memory and decision making, which happens to children when he walked through the physical construction of being a teenager and finally an adult.


Previously believed that babies do not have the ability to think, to form ideas of complex and has no cognition until they learn the language. However, this has been proved wrong as research has shown that environmentally conscious baby and they are always interested to explore the environment around them. From the time the baby is born, he began to learn actively. He collects and processes all the information around him and this, in turn, helps babies develop perception and thinking skills.

Cognitive development, therefore, refers to the way how a person thinks, understand and feel the world around him, and this occurs partly through learning and partly due to genetics. The field of cognitive development is estimated to processing, memory, language development, reasoning and intelligence.

If there are delays in cognitive development that resulted in loss or lack of development of cognitive abilities. When a child has a learning disability, it affects the ability to understand what he saw and heard and as a result children are not able to connect information from various parts of the brain.

Delays in cognitive development manifests itself in various ways such as difficulty in speaking and written language, coordination, attention or self-control. If this difficulty is brought to school, it can affect children's ability to read, write and do math. In addition, children with delays in cognitive development may also have heard and / or emotional problems.

If at the age of three years, a child can not understand simple instructions, then it is best to consult a health professional. Children may experience delays in cognitive development. Another reason to suspect the delay of cognitive development is when a child after the age of three years does not show the same progress as other children his age.