Cognitive Meaning
/ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjRelating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
adjIntellectual.
Sentence Examples
This psychological study investigates the cognitive factors of memory.
The old woman is ninety years old, but her cognitive abilities are impressive.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The child's ____ skills improved rapidly after enrolling in the puzzle program.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The research focuses on the ____ development of young children.
Word Origin & History
From Medieval Latin cognitīvus, from Latin cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognōscō (“to get to know”) + -īvus (adjective suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Recent findings in cognitive neuroscience are also beginning to unravel how the body perceives magnitudes through sensory-motor systems. Variations in size, speed, quantity and duration, are registered in the brain by electro-chemical changes in neurons. The neurons that respond to these different magnitudes share a common neural network. In a survey of this research, cognitive neuroscientists Domenica Bueti and Vincent Walsh tell us that the brain does not treat temporal perception, spatial perception and perceived quantity as different."
— 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 08 Sep 2013:
"Wanux "white man," cognitive with Aben. awanoch, now used for "Canadian Frenchman";"
— 1903, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia:
"Abenaki awanoch, the cognitive of Penobscot awenoch, means Frenchman,"
— 1902, American Anthropologist:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The child's ____ skills improved rapidly after enrolling in the puzzle program.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The research focuses on the ____ development of young children.