Definition of cognition
: cognitive mental processes A concussion impaired the patient's cognition.; also : a product of these processes
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Examples of cognition in a Sentence
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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In 2006, Pujols visited Washington University in St. Louis to undergo a series of tests once performed on Babe Ruth to measure certain aspects of his physical skills and cognition.
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The same caution goes for herbal supplements, such as ginkgo biloba, which is often touted to improve memory and cognition.
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Even skeptics of the extended cognition idea agree that this back and forth between the web and spider is ripe ground for more investigation and debate on how to interpret what the spiders are doing to solve problems.
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Canine cognition research is underway on campuses from Berkeley to Barnard, and at universities in England, Hungary and Japan.
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The findings highlight how nuanced and complicated modulating cognition can be, according to the researchers.
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The main goal of the study was to test whether solanezumab slowed the decline in cognition versus a placebo.
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Multiple studies suggest rude language can impair cognition.
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In their final three days, their doctors reported, 14 percent suffered pain, and smaller percentages experienced fatigue, impaired cognition, thirst or delirium.
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Origin and Etymology of cognition
Middle English cognicioun “comprehension, ability to comprehend,” borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French cognicion “knowledge, jurisdiction,” borrowed from Latin cognitiōn-, cognitiō “act of getting to know, comprehension, investigation,” from cogni-, variant stem of cognōscere “to get to know, acquire knowledge of, become acquainted with, investigate” (from co- co- + gnōscere, nōscere “to get to know,” inchoative derivative from Indo-European *ǵneh3-, *ǵṇh3- “to know, recognize”) + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at 1know
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: conscious mental activities : the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
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