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of, relating to, or involving conscious mental activities (such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering)
cognitive development
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Recent Examples of cognitive
Wu said active learning appears to provide greater cognitive benefits than passive activities.
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Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
Debate is raging all over the world about the place AI should have in schools, with some studies on US children suggesting that introducing generative AI into education can erode children's ability to develop cognitive and social skills.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
High-energy visible light plays a role in alertness, memory, cognitive function and mood regulation, and it is even used as a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder, according to the Raleigh Eye Center.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
Luteal-phase fatigue and food cravings have clear physiological explanations and follicular-phase cognitive advantages have emerging support.
—Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
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Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
Debate is raging all over the world about the place AI should have in schools, with some studies on US children suggesting that introducing generative AI into education can erode children's ability to develop cognitive and social skills.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
High-energy visible light plays a role in alertness, memory, cognitive function and mood regulation, and it is even used as a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder, according to the Raleigh Eye Center.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
Luteal-phase fatigue and food cravings have clear physiological explanations and follicular-phase cognitive advantages have emerging support.
—Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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This is worth remembering amid perhaps reasonable excitement about the World Cup.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Fortunately, this month New York’s Legislature passed the bipartisan Responsible Data Center Development Act placing a 1-year moratorium on data center development while reasonable safeguards are created.—
Liz Krueger,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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While empirical evidence shows that heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer and more intense, the changes experienced by people around the world -- including how the heat impacts them both during the day and at night -- has not yet been well-studied, the researchers said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
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This approach has genuine empirical support.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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More research from Sean Zerillo on X found that virtually all offensive analytical data has surged over this time period too.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
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Multiple draft experts say Graves is favored by analytic models.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
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Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson just stopped Haiti's best opportunity to score all night, on a corner kick that found the head of Haiti's Ade and deflected backward on an angle directly into the goal.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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The Marlins improve to 38-38 and are an MLB-best 12-4 in June.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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