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cognitively

cognitively

5 6.8
In a way that uses thinking, learning, or remembering
  • adverb
  • /ˈkɒɡnɪtɪvli/
translation icon : cognitivamente
  • Cognitively, the human brain is a really fancy computer, and in essence, we're only capable of so much.

So what you believe cognitively cannot affect what you see.

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Examples

  • Thus, completing the story processing tasks was cognitively demanding for the older participants.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Investigating this relationship in cognitively healthy adults across the lifespan serves several purposes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You have to cognitively think about everything you do to fit what other people expect of you.

  • I have to engage with you cognitively in a thinking way to inspire you to join me.

  • A lot of my kids learn emotions cognitively.

  • More often, those who design cognitively focused interventions combine them with one or more academic components.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Long-term memory occurs when there is little time to cognitively process the data.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Several researchers have used sequential picture scenes to elicit narratives in cognitively healthy adults.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Some institutions began to specialize in caring for the cognitively impaired or to offer active rehabilitation therapies.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Children learn to speak primarily by listening and processing language cognitively.

Synonyms

mentally
vscognitively
395 3.2

Happens in the mind rather than in the body

focuses on specific thinking, learning, and remembering processes
intellectually
vscognitively
97 5.4

In a way that uses thinking rather than feelings

focuses on mental processes like learning and remembering rather than pure reasoning
cerebrally
vscognitively
  • Formal
1 7.9

In a thoughtful, logical way that uses the mind rather than feelings

focuses on mental operations like thinking and remembering rather than feelings

Surface Forms

cognitively positive

Morphology

cognitively = cognitive (transparent) = cognitive + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'cognitive', yielding the straightforward meaning 'in a cognitive way'.

Etymology

Cognitively comes from the Latin root cognit- which means 'know'. You can see the same root in English words like recognize and cognitive, so cognitively means 'in a way that has to do with thinking, learning, or remembering'.