cognitive
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.
Origin of cognitive
1Other words from cognitive
- cog·ni·tive·ly, adverb
- cog·ni·tiv·i·ty, noun
- non·cog·ni·tive, adjective
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How to use cognitive in a sentence
How workers adapt to noise — that is something most of us struggle with at some point, especially if your work involves any cognitive tasks.
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 12, 2020 | FreakonomicsVarenicline, the best smoking-cessation drug on the market at the time, had just around a 35 percent success rate, while cognitive behavioral therapy on its own typically led fewer than 30 percent of smokers to stop.
The medication was developed from immune cells taken from older people who do not have cognitive problems.
Controversial Alzheimer’s drug gets boost from FDA staff | Laurie McGinley | November 4, 2020 | Washington PostI spent six months with Nokia in Finland in saunas in the middle of February trying to convince them that Apple was really a threat to their business…There are real cognitive barriers to doing things differently.
To address these cognitive biases, you need to use probabilistic thinking.
It may sound far-fetched, but businesses need to be ready for an election-related disaster | jakemeth | October 29, 2020 | Fortune
British Dictionary definitions for cognitive
/ (ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv) /
of or relating to cognition
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