cognitive
Relating to thinking
Cognitive is a somewhat technical but very useful adjective to characterize things that happen in your mind.
Cognitive ability refers to the mental activities that most people share, such as the ability to recognize and integrate input from your senses and act appropriately based on what you experience.
Cognitive impairment is a term used to describe a temporary or permanent inability to do such things effectively: His high blood alcohol content caused cognitive impairment.
Mental concept or reflection
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptualizationMental creation of ideas
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
introspection · reflection · contemplation · analysis · synthesis · judgment · problem-solving · decision-making
Memory retrieval act
- encodingConverting data to format
- retrievalAct of getting back
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
recognition · mnemonics · long-term · short-term · declarative · episodic · semantic · autobiographical
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
- aptitudeInnate capability
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- acuitySharpness of mind or sight
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
IQ · comprehension · understanding · brainpower · acumen · giftedness · proficiency · competence
Relating to conduct
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- experimentalTesting new methods
- psycholinguisticsScience of mental speech processes
- schemaOrganized representational structure
bias · load · dissonance · therapy · CBT · assessment · testing · research
Focused mental awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- visualOf or concerning sight
- auditoryOf or relating to hearing
- interpretationAssigned meaning
stimulus · perceptual · vigilance · alertness · input · bottom-up · top-down · filtering
Seat of cognition
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- prefrontalBefore the frontal lobe
neuroplasticity · synapses · neurons · neuroimaging · fMRI · EEG · lesion · lateralization
Decrease or refuse
- deficitAmount still owed
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
impairment · deterioration · disability · disorder · aging · degeneration · confusion · disorientation
thought
Mental concept or reflection
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptualizationMental creation of ideas
abstraction · introspection · reflection · contemplation · analysis · synthesis · judgment · problem-solving · decision-making · logic
recall
Memory retrieval act
- encodingConverting data to format
- retrievalAct of getting back
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
forgetting · recognition · mnemonics · long-term · short-term · declarative · episodic · semantic · autobiographical · procedural
intelligence
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
sharpness · IQ · comprehension · understanding · brainpower · acumen · giftedness · proficiency · competence
behavioral
Relating to conduct
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- experimentalTesting new methods
- psycholinguisticsScience of mental speech processes
schema · bias · load · dissonance · therapy · CBT · assessment · testing · research · Piaget
attention
Focused mental awareness
interpretation · stimulus · perceptual · vigilance · alertness · input · bottom-up · top-down · filtering · salience
brain
Seat of cognition
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
prefrontal · neuroplasticity · synapses · neurons · neuroimaging · fMRI · EEG · lesion · lateralization · neurotransmitters
decline
Decrease or refuse
- deficitAmount still owed
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
Alzheimer's · impairment · deterioration · disability · disorder · aging · degeneration · confusion · disorientation
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, remembering, memory retrieval
- neuro termsneural, neuronal, cerebral, cortical, synaptic
- braincerebrum, cerebellum, cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- neurologybrain, neuron, neurons, synapse, synapses
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
cognitiveemotional
Showing strong feelings
affective · emotive · feeling · volitional · intuitive
cognitivephysical
Of body or matter
bodily · somatic · corporeal · physiological · sensorimotor
cognitiveirrational
Lacking sound judgment
unreasonable · mad · illogical · nonrational · unthinking
- 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
cognition, precognition, cognitively, cognitive bias, cognitions, cognitive science, cognitive dissonance, cognitive load, cognitive therapy