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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
Psilocin resembles the chemical messenger serotonin, which is involved in regulating a range of physiological and psychological functions, including mood, appetite, cognition and sensory perception.
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Hollis Karoly, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Consider this, then, a eulogy for Sora, a technology with the lifespan of an off-Broadway flop that, in its brief and ignominious run, exposed a crack in human cognition that the next self-deepfake app will surely exploit.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
What started as a simple birthday gift between spouses in a South Carolina home became one of the most remarkable stories in the study of animal cognition.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
Differences in sleep, cognition and heart health measures were more subtle.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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Hollis Karoly, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Consider this, then, a eulogy for Sora, a technology with the lifespan of an off-Broadway flop that, in its brief and ignominious run, exposed a crack in human cognition that the next self-deepfake app will surely exploit.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
What started as a simple birthday gift between spouses in a South Carolina home became one of the most remarkable stories in the study of animal cognition.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
Differences in sleep, cognition and heart health measures were more subtle.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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But one problem is the lingering perception that blue-collar work isn’t as elite or prestigious as white-collar work.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Blending investigative storytelling, history, and personal narrative, The Vodou Project challenges old perceptions and celebrates the spiritual and cultural heritage at the heart of Haitian identity.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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County officials declined to answer questions about the grandmother’s account, including whether a social worker documented any such observation.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
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An artist observes carefully, especially things that go unnoticed — and transforms these observations into meaningful expressions.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 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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Their story, handwritten in a leather notebook, is told in reflection by the 80something version of Noah, who lives in a nursing home with his wife, Allie, who is losing her battle with Alzheimer’s disease.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Dodgers’ celebration of Jackie Robinson Day began with the annual reflection at the Jackie Robinson statue, with both teams in attendance.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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But there are differing thoughts on the scope of a solution.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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For my taxi-cab drivers, don’t get any thoughts!—
Marc D. Grasso,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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As a cover track, Isakov is quick to point out the pitfalls of that concept as a whole.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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In March, two different indie game developers released workplace simulators built around the same concept.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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When Vacheron Constantin launched the Overseas collection three decades ago, the models embodied the more than 270-year-old maison’s conception of an elegant traveling chronograph — rooted in the spirit of exploration and openness to the world.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Still, the popular conception of what a woman or a man was felt more fluid.—
Supriya Ganesh,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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