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cognition

noun

Definition of cognition

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technical conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering disabilities affecting cognition and judgment

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Recent Examples of cognition Proponents of nicotine use also draw on studies suggesting that nicotine can affect certain aspects of cognition and brain function. — Hasmeena Kathuria, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 The relationship between estrogen and cognition is also influenced by factors including age, timing of treatment, hormone formulation and route of administration, Schulman says. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 16 Sep. 2026 The scientists also found evidence of specialized, super-sized neurons involved in social cognition only found in large-brain mammals like elephants, whales, and primates, including humans. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026 Additionally, those who suffered from frequent fatigue, were more than three times as likely to have symptoms of depression and about twice as likely to report cognition difficulty or symptoms of anxiety. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cognition

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The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' 2022 review of fetal awareness concluded that pain perception requires an integrated network of neural connections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
But this perception completely distorts what most Palestinians believe and are prepared to accept.

— Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of perception

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But Cathy isn’t a villain, even if her voiceover begins with an observation about monsters being born to human parents.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
Taken on July 24, during a particularly large influx of solar particles into the atmosphere, the observations reveal the full extent of the northern lights in UV light.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of observation

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Texture, depth and grainy intellection are absent.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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

Definition of intellection

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The cultural demons a 34-year-old playwright was conjuring a century ago rise up as dark reflections for our own.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
If someone solves a problem that the mathematical community has decided is central and important and hard, that solution is considered a reflection of deep insight and creativity.

— Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of reflection

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Advances in electrical power systems, tracking technology, beam control and compact high-energy lasers are making the concept increasingly practical.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Though the idea proved nearly impossible to fully realize, the concept of a more fluid, non-rigid weaving style became central to Wiener’s practice.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of concept

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Risk, legal and compliance leaders belong in the room from the moment of conception, not the approval stage.

— Olufunsho Peters, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The first is the art history of the work, which includes its conception, its construction, and its place within Serra’s practice overall.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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