cognitive

Variant of cognition

cognition definition

cog·ni·tion (käg nis̸h′ən)

noun

  1. the process of knowing in the broadest sense, including perception, memory, and judgment
  2. 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

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