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conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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Recent Examples of cognition
Creative cognition draws on both associative and controlled processes.
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Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
People with alcohol use disorder can have progressive brain changes that affect thinking and cognition.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Setting out to review what researchers have revealed about mind blanking so far, the authors of the new Trends in Cognitive Sciences article examined the changes in our physiology, neurology, and cognition that occur as our minds blank out.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
According to lead researcher Federico Rossano, this marks just the beginning of exploring canine vocabulary, with future studies aiming to delve into more abstract concepts to better understand dog cognition and communication.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
People with alcohol use disorder can have progressive brain changes that affect thinking and cognition.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Setting out to review what researchers have revealed about mind blanking so far, the authors of the new Trends in Cognitive Sciences article examined the changes in our physiology, neurology, and cognition that occur as our minds blank out.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
According to lead researcher Federico Rossano, this marks just the beginning of exploring canine vocabulary, with future studies aiming to delve into more abstract concepts to better understand dog cognition and communication.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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The possibility of an appeal to the Fifth Circuit has driven the perception that Texas courtrooms might offer Mr. Trump the best chance to win rulings that would allow his administration’s plan to scale up mass deportations to move forward.—
Mattathias Schwartz,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Online degree programmes in nurse education—Students’ perceptions and academic performance: An integrative review.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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His observations are what sets him apart from everybody else.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
10 May 2025
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Even in the best of times, long-term observations can be very fragile.—
Eric Morgan,
Wired News,
10 May 2025
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Tennant always brought his own intellection to Disco’s throbbing hedonism yet was hedonistic nonetheless, perfecting a musical idiom that his forerunner Noel Coward was too early to enjoy.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 May 2024
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The school board’s legal counsel thought the book could be in conflict with a recent state intellection freedom rule, and recommended it be removed from circulation, according to a spokeswoman.—
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26 Jan. 2023
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His numbers in this series may be a reflection of the team, but he’s also been much better at home.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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These collaborations help establish trust and credibility while ensuring that the platform remains a true reflection of local perspectives.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Want to stay up to date on IndieWire’s film reviews and critical thoughts?—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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However, the 2025 study found that people with higher emotional intelligence struggled significantly less with these thoughts than others.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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The merger will allow Dick’s Sporting Goods to use new concepts to serve customers, according to the announcement.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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And in the context of this dominant mode, AI literacy connotes knowing how to use AI to master content and concepts more effectively.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Speaking of conception, the big thing that Tom added this week was counseling Kyle Cooke on how to give a sperm sample to check his fertility for when Amanda is ready to have children, which, judging by next week’s preview, isn’t anytime soon.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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Each artist is selected on originality, artistic conception, beauty and quality of the work.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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