cognitively
Through mental processes
Cognitively means in a way that relates to thinking, understanding, or mental processes.
It describes how the mind works—perceiving, reasoning, remembering: cognitively demanding tasks, cognitively impaired.
The word appears often in psychology and neuroscience but has spread into everyday discussion of learning and mental function: She's still cognitively sharp at ninety.
Drawing logical conclusions
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- ideationForming mental concepts
conceptualization · abstraction · synthesis · inference · deduction · induction · logic · problem-solving
State of perceiving reality
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- sensory processingBrain interpreting incoming stimuli
- detectionAct of finding something
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
observation · noticing · selective attention · focus · visual processing · spatial awareness · stimulus
Mental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- interpretationAssigned meaning
meaning-making · sense-making · apprehension · realization · clarity · conceptual understanding · mental models · schema
Decrease or refuse
- deficitAmount still owed
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
impaired · deterioration · brain fog · confusion · disorientation · memory loss · executive dysfunction · aphasia
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
hippocampus · amygdala · prefrontal cortex · grey matter · white matter · brain imaging · fMRI · neural pathways
Act of obtaining something
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- encodingConverting data to format
- recallMemory retrieval act
retrieval · consolidation · skill acquisition · scaffolding · chunking · spaced repetition · transfer · assimilation
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
ideation · conceptualization · abstraction · synthesis · inference · deduction · induction · logic · problem-solving · critical thinking
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- sensory processingBrain interpreting incoming stimuli
- detectionAct of finding something
identification · observation · noticing · selective attention · focus · visual processing · spatial awareness · stimulus
comprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
interpretation · meaning-making · sense-making · apprehension · realization · clarity · conceptual understanding · mental models · schema · assimilation
decline
Decrease or refuse
- deficitAmount still owed
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
Alzheimer's · impaired · deterioration · brain fog · confusion · disorientation · memory loss · executive dysfunction · aphasia · agnosia
neurons
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
neurotransmitters · hippocampus · amygdala · prefrontal cortex · grey matter · white matter · brain imaging · fMRI · neural pathways · dopamine
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- encodingConverting data to format
recall · retrieval · consolidation · skill acquisition · scaffolding · chunking · spaced repetition · transfer · assimilation · mental rehearsal
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- mental adverbsmentally, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously, psychologically
cognitivelyemotionally
Regarding inner feelings
sentimentally · feelingly · passionately · viscerally · empathically
cognitivelyphysically
Relating to the body
bodily · somatically · corporeally · sensually · kinesthetically
cognitivelyintuitively
By innate understanding
instinctively · viscerally · reflexively · unreflectively · automatically
- 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