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cognitive

[kog-ni-tiv] / ˈkɒg nɪ tɪv /






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Years ago, Matthew Jackson and I built a model of how the mind sorts information into categories for cognitive efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The novel’s great achievement lies in its language, which forces the reader into a cognitive apprenticeship before revealing the cost of what we call progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

They also had reduced frontal and occipital lobe volume and more damage in the brain's white matter, changes that have been associated with aging, stroke risk, cognitive decline and dementia.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

"It will also prevent others from suffering lifelong conditions such as amputations, deafness, and cognitive issues to name a few," she said.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

It takes cognitive toil and literary dexterity to pare an argument to its essentials, narrate it in an orderly sequence, and illustrate it with analogies that are both familiar and accurate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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