mental processes

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My executive function, the set of mental processes that help order the day-to-day — like organization, working memory, time management and focus — was in shambles.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2025

Tests designed to mimic the mental processes involved in team sports assessed 241 women's reaction time, attention, accuracy, and spatial cognition - 14 days apart.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

Cognitive functions are the mental processes in the brain that enable us to think and solve problems, among other things.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2024

Proponents of cognitive liberty argue broadly for the need to protect individuals from having their mental processes manipulated or monitored without their consent.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

Popper distinguished between the world of physical objects, the world of mental processes and the third world, the world of ‘problems, conjectures, theories, arguments, journals and books’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton