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

Neuroscientists typically ascribe consciousness and abstract thought to the cerebral cortex, which evolved later in human evolution and wraps around the brain's outer layer in folded gray matter.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

Studies show ravens are intelligent and capable of abstract thought.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

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

Inclining more to artistic illustration than to abstract thought, its gifts, in the hierarchy of the nations, are eminent and precious.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward