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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
Drinking a green smoothie every morning can also help prevent disease, maintain your cognition, and balance your mood.
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Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
The results came as polling showed 48 percent of Americans were concerned by Biden's cognition.
—Tom Norton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Cognitive decline may be amplified by other conditions associated with heart failure that also affect cognition, Contreras added.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 16 May 2025
Taken together, the studies provide the clearest evidence yet that birds and mammals independently evolved brain regions for complex cognition.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
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Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
The results came as polling showed 48 percent of Americans were concerned by Biden's cognition.
—Tom Norton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Cognitive decline may be amplified by other conditions associated with heart failure that also affect cognition, Contreras added.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 16 May 2025
Taken together, the studies provide the clearest evidence yet that birds and mammals independently evolved brain regions for complex cognition.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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However, outdated perceptions persist, painting manufacturing as low-tech and low-paying.—
Dave Evans,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The concert raised over £114 million but has also since faced criticism regarding perceptions of African nations and aid distribution.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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There are four observation sites that are managed by the U.S. Forest Service to keep travelers and bears safe.—
Sharael Kolberg,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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Scientists study them indirectly, often only using remote observations.—
Daniel Apai,
Space.com,
15 June 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.—
tcrain,
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26 Jan. 2023
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Cultures that reward speed over depth and reactivity over reflection must evolve.—
Alejandro Bravo,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The late game heroics are a reflection of their experience, coaching, talent and preparation.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2025
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Hernandez admits Medicaid cuts could give people here second thoughts.—
John Daley,
NPR,
22 June 2025
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Jones has also talked extensively about struggling with suicidal thoughts and depression.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
21 June 2025
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These new discoveries by DESI, if true, could rewrite many other basic concepts of astrophysics, and also could explain ideas like string theory.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
20 June 2025
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At this time, the draft U.N. principles released in April 2025 do not directly address the opposing concepts of access and protection.—
Michelle L.D. Hanlon,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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Such links were particularly pronounced when exposure occurred during the month before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy, researchers reported in the study, published in Environmental Science & Technology.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time A sequel, 28 Weeks Later…, dropped in 2007; Boyle and Garland signed on executive producers, but neither were directly involved with the conception of it beyond that.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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