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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
The analysis found consistent, statistically significant correlations between need for cognition and fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence and general intelligence.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
How Nootropics Differ from Adaptogens Nootropics are substances used to support cognition and brain health — memory, learning, focus, mood and mental energy.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
This process flags up under-performing functions from posture and heart health to fat-burning efficiency and cognition levels.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
While the study suggests that using a home air purifier may improve cognition, more research is needed to establish a link between the two.
—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
How Nootropics Differ from Adaptogens Nootropics are substances used to support cognition and brain health — memory, learning, focus, mood and mental energy.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
This process flags up under-performing functions from posture and heart health to fat-burning efficiency and cognition levels.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
While the study suggests that using a home air purifier may improve cognition, more research is needed to establish a link between the two.
—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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Vietnam’s humanoid leap Dyno is an intelligent humanoid robot built to combine advanced artificial intelligence, environmental perception, and dexterous manipulation in a single platform.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Beckham is charismatic and generally more thoughtful than the perception created by the impulsive or immature decisions that create headlines.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The observations were corroborated by security video, the chief said.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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After that incident, he was placed in an enhanced observation module for 24 hours before being cleared and moved into administrative separation.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Texture, depth and grainy intellection are absent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Is that a reflection of current global production, or a deliberate choice by the selection committee?—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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This lack of planning exacerbated many of the very conditions the current plan now seeks to address, a reflection of both lack of funds to maintain schools but also a lack of process by district facilities’ managers to meaningfully address building conditions after the 2013 closures.—
Julia McWilliams,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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Our thoughts are with their family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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At least that was the thought entering the NBA Finals, where the Spurs, a team with rich championship history, have been known to have one of the most passionate fanbases in all of sports.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2026
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The rooms The spacious one-bedroom guest houses come in four different layouts, including the Tree Haus, a two-floor concept perched 23 feet in the air among the pine trees with a fireplace on both floors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Joining Shake Shack are Ramen + Bao and Wonder, two different concepts intended to elevate the center’s dining experience.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
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This conception emphasizes the need for a press independent of the state, which will provide the basis for the independent public opinion on which the legitimacy of democratic government is based.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Though Blanche will appoint the five commissioners tasked with processing claims, his precise role in the fund’s conception and implementation is unclear.—
Eric Tucker,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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