“…Cognitive fitness is expressed in the literature as the state of our ability to carry out cognitive tasks with vigour and alertness, to learn, and to adapt efficiently to all circumstances (Gläscher et al ., , ; Jung & Haier, ; Oberauer, Suß, Wilhelm, & Wittman, ; Salthouse, ; Shelton, Elliott, Matthews, Hill, & Gouvier, ). Cognitive fitness depends on the development of precursor abilities that include verbal reasoning, visual synthesis, and active analysis; these abilities predispose a child to learn uniquely yet characteristically (Brunswich, Matin, & Rippon, ; Moll, Snowling, Göbel, & Hulme, ; Titz & Karbach, ).…”