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
“And the parts of the brain that deal with complex functions like abstract thought, working memory, creativity and socializing will be inhibited.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022
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
We need not wonder, therefore, that the ancient Egyptian should have shown on the one hand an incapacity for abstract thought, and on the other hand a love of visible symbols.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
