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cognitive

cognitive

134 5.4
About thinking, remembering, and learning
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cognitivo
  • More interesting was the change in scores on tests measuring cognitive and verbal skills.
  • cognitive processes
  • cognitive ability
  • cognitive impairment

And this is where we may see the cognitive empathy kick in.

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Examples

  • Children develop their cognitive skills as they engage in play and learn new concepts.

  • The third phase refers to the cognitive processes that are necessary to understand connected text.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I said, is there some kind of a cognitive test that I could take?

  • It's part of our cognitive make up.

  • Nick Biden says he takes a cognitive test every single day.

  • It's a deeply cognitive and very social experience.

  • Listening effort involves the attention and cognitive resources required to understand speech.

    Academic text (2011)
  • An approach along the lines of the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy can be helpful.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There are indications that show that therapy can improve cognitive functioning, memory quality...

  • Too often, educational systems focus on cognitive understanding at the expense of clear, uncomplicated perception.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

cognitional
vscognitive
  • Specialized
9.3

Relating to the thinking and mental processes people use to learn

focuses more widely on perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning processes

Compounds

cognitive function
  • Specialized
6 4.1

The ability to think, remember, and understand

cognitive process
  • Specialized
2 4.4

A mental activity such as thinking, remembering, or learning

cognitive science
  • Specialized
2 3.8

The scientific study of how the mind thinks, learns, and understands using ideas from several sciences

cognitive scientist
  • Specialized
2 4.9

A scientist who studies how people think, learn, remember, and use language

cognitive psychology
  • Specialized
1 4.4

Study of how people think, remember, and solve problems

1 6.3

A person who studies how the brain makes thoughts, feelings, and memory

1 5.7

Study of how the brain makes thinking, memory, and behaviour happen

4.6

A simple mental action like seeing, remembering, or paying attention

cognitive operation
  • Specialized
6.4

A mental process that changes information, like thinking or remembering

cognitive semantics
  • Specialized
8.6

How people create and understand the meaning of words and sentences using thought and senses

cognitive state
  • Specialized
6.5

The condition of a person's thinking, attention, and memory

cognitive content
  • Specialized
6.0

Information in a thought, idea, or message

cognitive factor
  • Specialized
5.9

A part of the mind like attention and memory that affects how people think and act

7.7

Thinking that uses what you have learned to reason, plan, or solve problems

How Intellectual

intellectual
380 5.5
intellective
  • Formal
8.7
theoretical
133 6.3
cognitive
  • Specialized
134 5.4
practical
507 2.6
emotional
648 3.0

Surface Forms

cognitive positive
cognitively positive

Morphology

cognitive = cognition (transparent) = cognit + ive

Formed from the noun 'cognition' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ive', meaning 'relating to cognition', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Cognitive comes from the Latin word cognoscere, meaning 'to know', and you can see the same root in recognize. So cognitive is about 'knowing' — the mental actions of memory, thinking, and judgment.