Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Task Switching(also: Context Switching, Task-Switching Cost)
- The cognitive process of shifting attention from one task to another, which incurs a measurable performance cost in terms of time, accuracy, and mental effort. For individuals with ADHD and other conditions affecting executive function, task switching is particularly challenging…
- Time Blindness(also: Diminished time awareness)
- A reduced or unreliable awareness of the passage of time, commonly associated with ADHD and related executive-function differences. People experiencing time blindness may struggle to estimate how long tasks take, notice elapsed time during immersive activities, or plan backward…
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