Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
[technical, formal]
As children grow older, their cognitive processes become sharper.
...Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development.
cognitive in British English
(ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv)
adjective
of or relating to cognition
Examples of 'cognitive' in a sentence
cognitive
The best evidence that cognitive processing becomes more efficient is that it gets steadily faster with age.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
Sometimes studies are conducted to determine the nature of cognitive processing differences in a population.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
Both involve teaching of cognitive processes for coming to terms with text.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
We are not alone in having some of the cognitive skills required for intelligent thought.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
Social background is still the most powerful predictor of cognitive skills.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He places particular emphasis on giving pupils a sense of continuity between their growing cognitive skills and their own environment.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
The cognitive processes we are going to discuss next may be regarded as acting upon the mental representations we have outlined above.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
And then, what was the cognitive process that allowed it actually to broadcast it?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Writing is a complex skill involving cognitive, linguistic and perceptual motor abilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Nor do new cognitive skills emerge full-blown.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
He found that for tasks that involved little cognitive skill, performance improved when researchers increased bonuses.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Conversely, unfit people have smaller brains and reduced cognitive skills.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Have you tried cognitive behavioural?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Is it deficiency of the national and regional economies, or is it deficiencies of cognitive and occupational skills within the labor force?
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
Does cognitive ability really decline as we age and, if so, by how much?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Cognitive and behavioural gains came next, but mastering social skills was a long, difficult process.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It takes you out of your cognitive processes... and that's quite a healing thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Thirdly, their specific cognitive skills are quite independent of intelligence as measured on an IQ test.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
The point to be made... is that intelligence is not a single thing: it comprises a very wide array of cognitive and other skills.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
All related terms of 'cognitive'
cognitive map
a mental map of one's environment
cognitive radio
a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation , etc, according to where it is located
cognitive capacity
Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.
cognitive decline
If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance , or quality.
cognitive ethology
a branch of ethology concerned with the influence of conscious awareness and intention on the behaviour of an animal
cognitive meaning
the literal meaning of something
cognitive science
the scientific study of cognition , including elements of the traditional disciplines of philosophy , psychology , semantics , and linguistics , together with artificial intelligence and computer science
cognitive therapy
a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or she sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
cognitive development
the process of acquiring intelligence and increasingly advanced thought and problem-solving ability from infancy to adulthood
cognitive dissonance
an uncomfortable mental state resulting from conflicting cognitions ; usually resolved by changing some of the cognitions
cognitive psychology
the psychological study of higher mental processes, including thinking and perception