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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The authors added that age-related cognitive decline can make older sellers more vulnerable.
From MarketWatch
So, with the massive explosion of AI use, are our cognitive skills at risk of decline?
From BBC
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and University of Massachusetts Boston report that regularly helping people outside your household can noticeably slow cognitive decline in middle-age and older adults.
From Science Daily
It also shows how we can do better, by overriding that cognitive bias.
Memory is now essential to AI’s cognitive functions, which is making it a crucial asset that dictates how well a product performs, Mehrotra said.
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