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of, relating to, or involving conscious mental activities (such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering)
cognitive development
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Recent Examples of cognitive
Once a week, Holmes attends cognitive and behavioral therapy for PTSD overseen by a psychiatrist.
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
But other research has also suggested caffeine could confer neuroprotective effects, slowing the cognitive decline associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
Research has found evidence that playing chess may result in improved brain function, memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
As a result of all that transpired on that October 2017 morning, Rhines lives with permanent with verbal, cognitive and motor deficits rendering her unable to work.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
But other research has also suggested caffeine could confer neuroprotective effects, slowing the cognitive decline associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
Research has found evidence that playing chess may result in improved brain function, memory, cognitive abilities, and strategic thinking.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
As a result of all that transpired on that October 2017 morning, Rhines lives with permanent with verbal, cognitive and motor deficits rendering her unable to work.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for cognitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
Adjective
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Time based: Set a reasonable time frame to reduce alcohol consumption.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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After a reasonable time, drain the water — not into a city sewer or drainage area — and dispose of the soaked fireworks debris in a plastic garbage bag.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Chris Hayes One way to answer this is to look at the empirical research, like Jonathan Haidt does in The Anxious Generation.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
1 Feb. 2025
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In fact, a Harvard Business Review analysis of 145 empirical studies found that constraints consistently drive higher performance across individuals, teams, and organizations.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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For all you analytic freaks look at how many more shots St. John’s took that ‘Nova, look at how many more offensive rebounds.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The intimacy in Akerman’s film is a matter of structural poetry, of analytic rapture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2025
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If that’s the case, according to best appraisal practices, they should not be considered true indicators of market value for all properties of their type.—
Fritz Kaegi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Neither former Mayor Bill de Blasio nor incumbent Mayor Adams signed the Council bill; as both mayors were getting good legal advice.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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