cognitive development

American  

noun

1. the process of acquiring intelligence and increasingly advanced thought and problem-solving ability from infancy to adulthood.

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cognitive development Cultural  

1. The growth of a person's ability to learn.

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Example Sentences

The chemical responsible for a psychedelic experience actually penetrates — down to the cell — a part of the brain that is otherwise hardened by a dense structure, and unlocks a level of cognitive development that we leave behind in our early years of cognitive development.

From Salon

Neuroscientist Gül Dölen called this a "critical period" — and explained to the conference crowd that this unique process could allow us to experience and heal levels of cognitive development that we haven't had access to since childhood.

From Salon

Neuroscientist Gül Dölen called this a "critical period" that could allow us to experience and heal levels of cognitive development that we haven't had access to since childhood.

From Salon

At Psychedelic Science 2023, neuroscientist Gül Dölan presents research on the opening of "critical periods" of cognitive development.

From Salon

Problems on the “society” portion of the exam challenged them to decipher three-dimensional hypothetical analyses of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

From New York Times