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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
Subregional volumes of the hippocampus in relation to cognitive function and risk of dementia
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Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Consuming caffeine appears to improve cognitive capacity and mental alertness throughout the day.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Researchers lacked data from brain scans that are often used to assess whether medications cause changes in the brain that are associated with improvements in cognitive function.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Sleep deprivation is linked to heart disease, cognitive decline, obesity and numerous other problems.
—Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
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Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Consuming caffeine appears to improve cognitive capacity and mental alertness throughout the day.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Researchers lacked data from brain scans that are often used to assess whether medications cause changes in the brain that are associated with improvements in cognitive function.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Sleep deprivation is linked to heart disease, cognitive decline, obesity and numerous other problems.
—Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
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So, the authors should consider plug-in hybrids as a reasonable interim step, while chargers move consumers to adapt to all-electric vehicles when more charging alternatives are available.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The legal standard is something called reasonable certainty of no harm.Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
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So having empirical evidence of a method that works, even in just some situations, is encouraging.Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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In this case, our empirical look at how our averages are operating is reassuring us that things are working as intended.G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Administrations have tended to declassify broad analytic judgments that carry little risk to sources and methods, leaving out the sensitive intelligence nuggets that could allow the source to be identified.David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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In contrast to almost all historical analytic methods, LLMs don't natively provide any kind of audit trail or record of decision by default.Mike Flaxman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Washington has been very close — but not good enough — against the best competition on its schedule.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Small Pockets of Cover Similarly, other small pockets of cover can be good, too.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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