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Thinking Patterns 2026-07-22 5 min read

Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ): What Do Your Everyday Slips Reveal?

Walking into a room and forgetting why... Words on the tip of your tongue... Doubting if you locked the door. These everyday slips are not random. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), developed by Broadbent et al. in 1982, is the most widely used self-report measure of everyday cognitive lapses.

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