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conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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Recent Examples of cognition
Differences in sleep, cognition and heart health measures were more subtle.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Experts think the connection between type 1 diabetes and dementia risk stems from the way that diabetes can damage blood vessels, leading to brain changes that may affect memory and cognition over time.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Mar. 2026
This means that these roaches, and perhaps other insects, may have more sophisticated cognition and social behavior than researchers once thought.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
Using it after the onset of a mental condition can worsen cognition and the chance of relapse.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Experts think the connection between type 1 diabetes and dementia risk stems from the way that diabetes can damage blood vessels, leading to brain changes that may affect memory and cognition over time.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Mar. 2026
This means that these roaches, and perhaps other insects, may have more sophisticated cognition and social behavior than researchers once thought.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
Using it after the onset of a mental condition can worsen cognition and the chance of relapse.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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The robot includes a perception system with dual RGB and RGB-D cameras, optional 3D LiDAR, and a six-microphone circular array for voice interaction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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If that combination of traits doesn’t inspire a little awe, perhaps the problem isn’t the rats — but our perception of them.—
Jason Bittel,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Vera Rubin, an astronomer whose observations of galaxy rotation curves in the 1970s provided the first robust evidence for dark matter's existence, embraced her Jewish faith as a guide to understanding her role in the universe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Let every new person, every new opportunity be greeted with neutrality, then observation, then placement.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Texture, depth and grainy intellection are absent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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The 41 countries represented came from all continents except Antarctica, a reflection of the global tremors from a war that has sparked shortages of fuel and fertilizer and higher prices for food far beyond the Middle East.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The president's annual budget more broadly is considered a reflection of the administration's values and does not carry the force of law.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The brain bug's intrinsic ick factor is undeniably high, but using their proboscises to suck thoughts directly from the brains of their unfortunate victims is a pretty neat party trick.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Peet did also have thoughts on how to expand upon her character’s growth and the nature of her burgeoning relationship with Sam.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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There was experimental literature in which the role of the author could be tweaked; in popular fiction, authorship could be a flexible concept.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The concept behind the design pays homage to a longtime Davis tradition.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Exposure to phthalates affects sperm quality, chances of conception, ovulation function, and the risk of miscarriage.—
Shanna Swan,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The camp is isolated and poorly resourced, and its traditions—including its conception of gender roles—can be painfully rigid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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