Attention - The ability to focus on important/significant stimuli for as long as necessary even in noisy,
distracting settings.
    Synonym: concentration, focus.

Processing - The ability to attend to something, make sense out of it and apply it to oneself.
    Synonym: comprehension, understanding, assimilation, encoding.

Retention - The ability to store processed information in an organized, systematic manner.
    Synonym: storage, recollection.

Retrieval - The ability to recall previously experienced sensations or perceptions once the original stimulus is no longer present.
    Synonym: remembering, recall.

Compensation - Deliberate application of a procedure to counteract the effect of a dysfunction or disability.
    Synonym: adaptation, adjustment.

Rehabilitation - Restoration to normal of impaired functions.
    Synonym: restoration, compensation.