cognitive
Americanadjective
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of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. .
cognitive development;
cognitive functioning.
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of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- cognitively adverb
- cognitivity noun
- noncognitive adjective
Etymology
Origin of cognitive
First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin cognitīvus, equivalent to Latin cognit(us) “learned, known” ( cognition ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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It engages broader cognitive processes involved in creative thinking across many domains.
From Science Daily
It helped repair weakened signaling between neurons and restored associative memory, one of the earliest cognitive abilities affected by Alzheimer's.
From Science Daily
The tender for the mobile cognitive warfare unit reads like a “fever dream” of Chinese military AI ambitions, said Sam Bresnick, a research fellow at CSET.
In a process known as “cognitive offloading,” we might become less capable of doing the stuff our AI can handle.
Many of us suffer from cognitive impulsivity, or a difficulty with pausing.
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