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cognitive

[ kog-ni-tiv ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. :

    cognitive development;

    cognitive functioning.

  2. of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.


ˈDzԾپ

/ ˈɒɡɪɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to cognition
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Other Word Forms

  • Dzn·پ· adverb
  • Dzn·پi·ٲ noun
  • ԴDz·Dzn·پ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cognitive1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin DzԾīܲ, equivalent to Latin cognit(us) “learned, known” ( cognition ) + -īܲ -ive
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And yet, thanks to the past century's developments in cognitive science and now artificial intelligence, we have entrenched a view of the brain that doesn't spend much time on this dynamic.

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Researchers also found no difference in school achievements between the three groups, but when given cognitive tests in reading, vocabulary and problem-solving, the group that slept the longest performed the best.

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Decades of research point to the positive impacts of Head Start on children, including improved cognitive and social-emotional development, though a federal study found that some of these effects fade out over time.

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King was describing her brush with the Overview Effect, space philosopher Frank White’s term for the cognitive shift a person experiences when viewing the Earth from space.

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His cognitive function, which was always terrible, is visibly declining.

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