cognition
cognition
Definition
cog·ni·tion (käg nis̸h′ən)
noun
- the process of knowing in the broadest sense, including perception, memory, and judgment
- the result of such a process; perception, conception, etc.
Etymology: ME cognicioun < L cognitio, knowledge < cognitus, pp. of cognoscere, to know < co-, together + gnoscere, know
cog·ni′·tional adjective
cog′·ni·tive (-nə tiv) adjective
cognition
Synonyms
cognition
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- truth: All that is possible for the teacher to access without error is the feeling of truth, not the cognition of truth.
Converse of object
- embody: The result is a plethora of work on what has become known as embodied cognition.
- situate: For example, cognitive science could employ video-based methodologies for the analysis of situated cognition.
- distribute: Researchers have pointed to [ 22 ] the " distributed cognition " which results from collaborative learning within a shared context.
- underlie: Professor Alan Cowey, FRS University of Oxford Using TMS to explore the nature and timing of brain events underlying visual cognition.
- understand: The utility of the computer metaphor to understand human cognition will be considered.
- affect: Although the illness primarily affects cognition, it can also contribute to chronic problems with behavior or emotions.
Adjective modifier
- visuo-spatial: Are all aspects of visuo-spatial cognition equally impaired in Williams Syndrome?
- spatial: Here's hoping many more fruitful and funded years of research on spatial cognition can answer some of them.
- human: Human cognition is well set up to process vague concepts.
- numerical: Numerical cognition without words: evidence from the Amazonia.
- social: We understand such data by the process of social cognition.
- visual: Visual Cognition: What are the neural mechanisms involved in mental rotation?
Modifies a noun
- model: Secondly, I consider challenges to this central processing cognition model.
- solution: Cognition Solutions sign strategic Document Imaging partnership with Version One.
Noun used with modifier
- teacher: What do we know about the nature of teacher cognition?
- agent: However, the implementation of agent cognition used in this model does support the explicit introduction of domain knowledge into the representation of cognition.
- animal: Peacocke himself has recently accepted that arguments from animal cognition do indeed force the acceptance of the Autonomy Thesis ( Peacocke 2002 ).
- music: Students can choose between a range of topics, including analysis, notation, historical subjects, ethnomusicology, performance and music cognition.
- language: Areas of Interest My key area of research in TESOL is language teacher cognition.
Browse dictionary entries near cognition
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