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It was even created by someone inspired by his brother with cognitive disabilities, Geoffrey Anderson, according to Mashable. — Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, "Best Dating Apps for Queer and LGBTQ People," 24 Aug. 2018 Only 29 percent of today’s youth even have the cognitive, physical and legal requirements to be considered for induction, according to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, "Why we should celebrate high school grads signing up to defend us," 17 June 2018 To Sleep The new study focused only on the link between sleep duration and longevity, yet sleep loss can also have negative effects on cognitive, behavioral and metabolic health. — Jamie Ducharme, Time, "Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep On the Weekends? Here’s What Experts Think," 24 May 2018 Science is proving the importance of play on children’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development. — National Geographic, "Dirt is Good: Why the Outdoors is the World's Greatest Playground," 7 May 2018 People have limited emotional and cognitive bandwidth (and there’s no app to expand it). — David Roberts, Vox, "My advice for aspiring explainer journalists," 9 Dec. 2018 The hypothesis is that this steady stream of payments will make a positive difference in the cognitive and emotional development of the children whose mothers receive it. — The Economist, "Does growing up poor harm brain development?," 3 May 2018 But for Kaiser and his BEST team, that classroom experience comes too late for low-income kids, whose cognitive and social-emotional development need a bigger boost. — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, "Tulsa experiment: Can investing in children early reverse poverty cycle?," 13 Apr. 2018 However, some studies have suggested that omega-3 consumption lowers your risk of developing cognitive function issues like Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. — Carolyn Todd, Allure, "Everything You Should Know Before Taking Fish Oil Supplements," 21 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cognitive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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