Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
[formal]
...processes of perception and cognition.
Synonyms: perception, reasoning, understanding, intelligence More Synonyms of cognition
cognition in British English
(kɒɡˈnɪʃən)
noun
1.
the mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired, including perception, intuition, and reasoning
2.
the knowledge that results from such an act or process
Derived forms
cognitional (cogˈnitional)
adjective
Word origin
C15: from Latin cognitiō, from cognōscere from co- (intensive) + nōscere to learn; see know
cognition in American English
(kɑgˈnɪʃən)
noun
1.
the process of knowing in the broadest sense, including perception, memory, and judgment
2.
the result of such a process; perception, conception, etc.
Derived forms
cognitional (cogˈnitional)
adjective
cognitive (ˈcognitive) (ˈkɑgnətɪv)
adjective
Word origin
ME cognicioun < L cognitio, knowledge < cognitus, pp. of cognoscere, to know < co-, together + gnoscere, know
Examples of 'cognition' in a sentence
cognition
This way of looking at social cognition has a powerful intuitive appeal.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
This field has become known as social cognition.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
But social cognition also includes two areas we would like to consider now.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
This viewpoint underlies the process approach to cognition.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
In this section we shall look instead at the different processes in cognition.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
Neuroscience has found that emotion and cognition are tightly intertwined.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We will return to this in the section on cross-cultural studies in social cognition.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
In this case, you may want to look at the very good chapter on social cognition.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
Once again, human biology determines cognition.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
The incongruity theory also offers the best way to explore the relationship between humour, emotion and cognition.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
A fifth component in the model are instructional practices that foster effective mathematical cognition.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
Similarly, they make a compelling case for attention to perception and cognition in uncovering what makes things funny.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Progress is definitely being made in understanding the contributions of brain structures to mathematical cognition, and we expect it to continue.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
Behind the rhetoric was a profound and far-reaching project: to "scientifically" restructure human cognition and desire itself through a new industry of mind manipulation.
Kovel, Joel Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America (1994)
I have touched on many facets of social cognition as I have gone along.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
(noun)
Definition
the results of such a process
processes of perception and cognition
Synonyms
perception
It did not require a great deal of perception to realise what he meant.
reasoning
understanding
They have to have a basic understanding of computers.
intelligence
She's a woman of exceptional intelligence.
awareness
insight
He was a man of considerable insight and diplomatic skills.
comprehension
The situation was utterly beyond her comprehension.
apprehension
the sudden apprehension of something
discernment
their lack of discernment and acceptance of inferior quality
Additional synonyms
in the sense of apprehension
Definition
understanding
the sudden apprehension of something
Synonyms
awareness,
understanding,
knowledge,
intelligence,
ken,
perception,
grasp,
comprehension
in the sense of comprehension
Definition
understanding
The situation was utterly beyond her comprehension.
Synonyms
understanding,
grasp,
conception,
realization,
sense,
knowledge,
intelligence,
judgment,
perception,
discernment
in the sense of discernment
their lack of discernment and acceptance of inferior quality