abstract thought
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The tumour is in the right frontal lobe of Weronika's brain – the area responsible for abstract thought, creativity and concentration.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
These regions are involved in other high-level cognitive functions and are important for abstract thought and long-term representations of the future.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024
By practicing metacognitive behaviors, you are preparing yourself to engage in the kind of rational, abstract thought that will be required for philosophy.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
It is a profession that thrives on abstract thought and, often, an other-worldly detachment from reality.
From Nature • Apr. 5, 2020
It may be possible that men trained in abstract thought without reference to fact, the successors of many generations of men equally so trained, do consider themselves to have such a conception.
From The Hearts of Men by Fielding, H. (Harold)
