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cognition

[kog-nish-uhn] / kɒgˈnɪʃ ən /


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“While I’m stoked that Illinois has a real shot, I want to avoid any kind of motivated cognition.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Plant sentience, however, is goal-directed and suggests clear cognition of the surrounding environment.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Animal cognition in the wild may sometimes be more sophisticated than we tend to assume," Loretto said.

From Barron's

For more than a century, this pattern has suggested that human cognition is unified at a deep level.

From Science Daily

Courts recognize that cognition exists on a scale; they may be capable of making some decisions, if not others.

From MarketWatch