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
Did they use language or engage in abstract thought?
From Nature • Aug. 17, 2020
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought; this Charles V. had proved by his abdication.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
