| NOUN | cognition | mental process, process, cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity |
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| Meaning | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents. | |
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| Synonyms | process, cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation | |
| Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
| Narrower | basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
| higher cognitive process | cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use | |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis | The psychological result of perception / perception and learning and reasoning |
| Spanish | acto, proceso | |
| Catalan | procés | |
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