Definitions for cognition
kɒgˈnɪʃ əncog·ni·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cognition, knowledge, noesisnoun

   the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cognitionnoun

   The process of knowing.

2. cognitionnoun

   A result of a cognitive process.

3. Etymology: From cognicion, from cognitio, from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere, from co- + *, older form of noscere; see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COGNITIONnoun

   Knowledge; complete conviction.

   Etymology: cognitio, Latin.

   I will not be myself nor have cognition
   Of what I feel: I am all patience. William Shakespeare, Troil. and Cressida.

   God, as he created all things, so is he beyond and in them all, not only in power, as under his subjection, or in his presence, as in his cognition; but in their very essence, as in the soul of their casualties. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 2.

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1. cognition

   Cognition refers to the mental processes and activities related to acquiring, processing, storing, and using information. This includes processes such as perception, memory, problem-solving, decision-making, learning, attention, and language use. It defines the abilities of individuals to think, comprehend, remember, and apply knowledge.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cognitionverb

   the act of knowing; knowledge; perception

2. Cognitionverb

   that which is known

3. Etymology: [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.]

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1. Cognition

   In science, cognition is a group of mental processes that includes attention, memory, producing and understanding language, learning, reasoning, problem solving, and decision making. Various disciplines, such as psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science all study cognition. However, the term's usage varies across disciplines; for example, in psychology and cognitive science, "cognition" usually refers to an information processing view of an individual's psychological functions. It is also used in a branch of social psychology called social cognition to explain attitudes, attribution, and groups dynamics. In cognitive psychology and cognitive engineering, cognition is typically assumed to be information processing in a participant’s or operator’s mind or brain. Cognition is a faculty for the processing of information, applying knowledge, and changing preferences. Cognition, or cognitive processes, can be natural or artificial, conscious or unconscious. These processes are analyzed from different perspectives within different contexts, notably in the fields of linguistics, anesthesia, neurology and psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, systemics, and computer science. Within psychology or philosophy, the concept of cognition is closely related to abstract concepts such as mind, intelligence. It encompasses the mental functions, mental processes, and states of intelligent entities.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cognition

   kog-nish′un, n. certain knowledge: apprehension.—adj. Cog′nisable, that may be known or understood: that may be judicially investigated.—adv. Cog′nisably.—ns. Cog′nisance, Cog′nizance, knowledge or notice, judicial or private: observation: jurisdiction: that by which one is known, a badge.—adj. Cog′nisant, having cognisance or knowledge of.—v.t. Cog′nise, to become conscious of.—adj. Cog′nitive, capable of, or pertaining to, cognition.—Have cognisance of, to have knowledge of. [L., from cognoscĕre, cognitum—co-, together, and noscĕre, gnoscĕre, to know.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cognition

   Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge.

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1. cognition

   The act and process of knowing, knowledge, perception, memory, attention and reasoning.

   Cognition is important in human beings.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cognition in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cognition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of cognition in a Sentence

1. Patricia Boyle:

   Social cognition -- social judgment -- involves a diverse array of functions.

2. Mona Hanna-Attisha:

   We care about (lead) so much because it impacts your cognition and your behavior, it actually drops your IQ. Imagine what we've done to an entire population. We've shifted that IQ curve down. We've lost our high achievers, the next kid who's going to be a neurosurgeon, and we have all these children who may now need remedial services.

3. Jessica Zwerling:

   As we get older the brain can get smaller, so the bridging veins can have small bleeds and patients may need to be screened cognitively with an examination as well as imaging to look for subtle chronic subdural hematomas that can interfere with walking and cognition and cause chronic complaints.

4. Leonard Bernstein:

   It was an initiation into the love of learning, of learning how to learn, that was revealed to me by my BLS masters as a matter of interdisciplinary cognition-that is, learning to know something by its relation to something else.

5. Jeremy Walsh:

   We know that the behaviors of physical activity, sleep and screen time can independently impact the cognitive health of a child. However, these behaviors are never considered in combination, we really had an opportunity here to look at how meeting each of these guidelines and meeting all of the guidelines relate to cognition in a large sample of American children.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cognition
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cognition
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cognition
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cognition
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cognition
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cognition