cognition
the act or process of knowing; perception.
the product of such a process; something thus known, perceived, etc.
Origin of cognition
1Other words from cognition
- cog·ni·tion·al, adjective
- non·cog·ni·tion, noun
- self-cog·ni·tion, noun
Words Nearby cognition
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How to use cognition in a sentence
If an AI system can excel here, it will have matched an important dimension of human cognition.
At the Math Olympiad, Computers Prepare to Go for the Gold - Facts So Romantic | Kevin Hartnett | September 22, 2020 | NautilusYou write that language is endlessly creative but also our cognition is constrained by the structure of language.
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Kevin Berger | September 9, 2020 | NautilusThis finding seems to sit nicely with the more socially oriented idea of “cultural cognition,” touted by Yale law and psychology scholar Dan Kahan.
The Anonymous Culture Cops of the Internet - Facts So Romantic | Jesse Singal | August 12, 2020 | NautilusHuman cognition is inseparable from the unconscious emotional responses that go with it.
Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Are Hardwired To Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview | LGBTQ-Editor | July 2, 2020 | No Straight News“Mushroom bodies are mostly responsible for learning and cognition,” Gill explains.
Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning | Alison Pearce Stevens | May 18, 2020 | Science News For Students
Exercise improves not only physical fitness and health, but also mood and cognition.
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThinking and cognition can be inhibited, with executive function demonstrating particularly notable challenges.
Study Says Half of Jailed NYC Teens Have History of Brain Injury | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | April 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe talks with doctors and scientists who study cognition, and cites a raft of research that bolsters his hypothesis.
The Unpersuadables: Why Smart People Believe Crazy Theories | Kevin Canfield | March 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe more data these folks accumulated, the more automatic our higher cognition began to appear to them.
Here are the four things cognizant people should know about the decade when computers mastered our cognition.
The free play of the faculty of cognition which had been determined by Kant is also developed by Schiller.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerHe brings another argument to prove that cognition is not the same as true opinion.
Both opinion, and cognition, consist in comparisons and computations made by the mind about the facts of sense.
Second definition given by Theætêtus — That cognition consists in right or true opinion.
If the man catches what is really a non-cognition, he will not suppose it to be such, but to be a cognition.
British Dictionary definitions for cognition
/ (kɒɡˈnɪʃən) /
the mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired, including perception, intuition, and reasoning
the knowledge that results from such an act or process
Origin of cognition
1Derived forms of cognition
- cognitional, adjective
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Scientific definitions for cognition
[ kŏg-nĭsh′ən ]
The mental process of knowing, including awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.
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