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cognitive
[ kog-ni-tiv ]
adjective
- of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. :
cognitive development;
cognitive functioning.
- of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
ˈDzԾپ
/ ˈɒɡɪɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to cognition
Other Word Forms
- Dzn·پ· adverb
- Dzn·پi·ٲ noun
- ԴDz·Dzn·پ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cognitive1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
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.
His cognitive function, which was always terrible, is visibly declining.
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