cognition
Mind at work
Cognition is the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
It encompasses perceiving, reasoning, remembering, and problem-solving—the full range of mental activities by which we make sense of the world.
The study examined cognition in aging adults.
Cognitive is the adjective: cognitive development, cognitive decline.
Study of linguistic meaning
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- meaningWhat something signifies
interpretation · verbal · linguistic · discourse · conceptualization · naming · bilingualism · reading
State of sentient awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- realizationGrasping what's true
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
self-awareness · attentiveness · vigilance · sensitivity · acuity · discernment · appraisal · wakefulness
Science of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- inductionFormal admission process
- analysisMethodical study of parts
synthesis · argumentation · syllogism · heuristics · problem-solving · abstraction · causality · rationality
Seat of cognition
- neuralOf nerve tissue
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- neuronImpulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
cerebral · prefrontal · limbic · plasticity · hemisphere · dopamine · serotonin · neuroimaging
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
- sensoryRelated to perception
- stimuliAgents evoking responses
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- sightVisual perception faculty
hearing · taste · smell · touch · sound · vision · olfaction · proprioception
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- encodingConverting data to format
- retrievalAct of getting back
- recollectionRecalled mental image
long-term · short-term · episodic · semantic · procedural · forgetting · consolidation · mnemonics
semantics
Study of linguistic meaning
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
meaning · interpretation · verbal · linguistic · discourse · conceptualization · naming · bilingualism · reading · speech
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- realizationGrasping what's true
awakening · self-awareness · attentiveness · vigilance · sensitivity · acuity · discernment · appraisal · wakefulness · presence
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- inductionFormal admission process
analysis · synthesis · argumentation · syllogism · heuristics · problem-solving · abstraction · causality · rationality · judgment
brain
Seat of cognition
synapse · cerebral · prefrontal · limbic · plasticity · hemisphere · dopamine · serotonin · neuroimaging · fMRI
sensation
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
- sensoryRelated to perception
- stimuliAgents evoking responses
- observationAttentive watching or remark
sight · hearing · taste · smell · touch · sound · vision · olfaction · proprioception · auditory
recall
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- encodingConverting data to format
- retrievalAct of getting back
recollection · long-term · short-term · episodic · semantic · procedural · forgetting · consolidation · mnemonics · hippocampus
- neuroscienceneuron, MRI, brain, neurons, synapses
- Neurobehaviorsattention, learning, memory disorders, impulse control, motor control
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- animal behavioranimal behavior, instincts, learned behavior, conditioning, social behavior
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, remembering, memory retrieval
cognitionignorance
Absence of knowledge
unawareness · nescience · incomprehension · unknowing · unconsciousness
cognitionunconsciousness
Complete lack of awareness
insensibility · oblivion · stupor · mindlessness · thoughtlessness
- cognitive impairmentDiminished intellectual function
- cognitive dysfunctionCompromised thinking ability
- cognitive dissonanceDiscomfort from contradictory beliefs
- cognitive behavioral therapyTreatment restructuring harmful thought patterns
- cognitive disabilityImpaired mental functioning
- cognitive disabilitiesLimitations in mental functioning
recognition, cognitive, recognitions, precognition, cognitively, cognitions, metacognition, cognitive science, precognitive