How to Use cognition in a Sentence

cognition

noun
  • But researchers don't know what these brain changes might mean for people's health and cognition.
    ABC News, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Few studies have reviewed how breastfeeding impacts women’s long-term cognition.
    Kiersten Willis, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The solution, according to Cassidy, lies in cognition tests for those of all three branches of government.
    Max Ufberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Physicians examined the embassy patients using a range of tests to measure hearing, balance and cognition.
    Robert Baloh, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2021
  • For decades, cognitive scientists have thought about whether human cognition is strictly rational.
    Robert Jacobs, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
  • No cause was reported, but his cognition had been in decline, the toll of playing a punishing position for so long during an era when safety measures were scant.
    Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Many people live in homes with bad indoor air quality, which affects respiratory issues, mood, cognition and behavior.
    Forbes Biz Council Expert Panel, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • So, what might a cognition test for the U.S.’s political and judicial leaders actually look like?
    Max Ufberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2021
  • In your experience with the science of cognition, are there lessons that may be culled and deployed for innovation and creativity in a professional setting?
    Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Scientists found related results when studying human cognition.
    Robert Jacobs, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The idea that video games can boost cognition isn’t new, either.
    Celia Ford, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
  • These students were at lower risk on all four of the cognitions measured above.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Having more glial cells has been linked to more adaptive cognition, the researchers said.
    Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The main constraint for all these tasks today is cognition.
    Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024
  • In fact, one of the patients’ cognition improved slightly.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition, the study authors turned to songbirds.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
  • High concentrations of lead in the blood can cause problems with the heart, kidneys and cognition.
    Bydr. Rebecca Fujimura, ABC News, 17 May 2022
  • In the wild, they’ve been observed using tools—a benchmark of higher cognition.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Getting out in nature is proven to boost moods and improve cognition.
    Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
  • All of these changes have the potential to affect cognition and mental health.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Our human abilities are thus challenged by the rest of the living world: Look at what your cognition has wrought.
    Amy Brady, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • No one has any idea what these new facts imply for the evolution of human cognition.
    Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The Biden press conference, which lasted for nearly an hour, was a night to celebrate cognition in the 81-year-old leader of the free world.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
  • In simple terms, Nooceptin works in 3 key ways to promote brain health and enhance cognition.
    Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Even the compounds that cleared amyloid did not affect cognition.
    Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
  • My mildly impaired cognition had a hard time taking this in.
    John Crowley, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • Some of the classic symptoms are children who are tired, have poor memory and poor cognition.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • And this is the first time that such a study has shown that multivitamins can improve cognition in older adults.
    Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Do the changes to the brain that happen during and after pregnancy explain these misty moments of cognition?
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In 2024, Biden’s stiff walking gait and sometimes distracted affect again raised the issue of geriatric cognition.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024

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