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conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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Banks will discuss how hormones and inflammation may influence Alzheimer’s risk; why women are disproportionately affected; the role of genetics and brain imaging in unlocking answers and lifestyle choices that may help protect memory and cognition.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
The researchers conclude that while perimenopause was associated with poorer overall cognition, the differences did not correspond to a single localized area.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2025
Hutch, who had taught Julia the art of visualization, had told her that the nature of anything, including cognition, was best understood in the doing.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
That's according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens.
—NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
The researchers conclude that while perimenopause was associated with poorer overall cognition, the differences did not correspond to a single localized area.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2025
Hutch, who had taught Julia the art of visualization, had told her that the nature of anything, including cognition, was best understood in the doing.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
That's according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens.
—NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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For some Israeli observers and politicians, the magnitude of American involvement could entrench the perception that Israel is dependent on US permission, eroding its sovereignty and freedom to apply force.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The shifting perceptions and twisty script created a formidable acting experience for Zollicoffer, who is nominated for Best Actress at FilmQuest.—
William Earl,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Nweeia eventually connected the dots between the Inuit’s observation and his own research, field tests, and scientific theories.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Reporting live from the scene, Chloe and other Vogue colleagues share their hot takes and observations.—
Chelsea Daniel,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tennant always brought his own intellection to Disco’s throbbing hedonism yet was hedonistic nonetheless, perfecting a musical idiom that his forerunner Noel Coward was too early to enjoy.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 May 2024
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After fifteen years of championing photography as a platform for exchange and critical reflection, the African Artists’ Foundation (AAF) announces that LagosPhoto Festival will now adopt a biennial format, on view from October 25 – November 29, 2025.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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The walk opened with a prayer to show respect to those buried at the cemetery, before a group led by a priest and Mexican folkloric dance group Grupo de Danza Tonantzin walked through the cemetery in quiet reflection.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Few consumers relish the thought of reading a credit report, shopping for car insurance or parsing a bank statement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Most young people who experience suicidal thoughts keep those thoughts to themselves.—
Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Google has been reorienting its Android smartphones’ software around this concept, with features like Circle to Search, which performs a Google search based on what’s on your phone’s screen.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Naroditsky was widely praised for his ability to explain complex chess concepts clearly.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Such rote, nakedly procedural appeals inherently reek of moral relativism to the extent they are not grounded at all in any substantive conception of good and bad, or right and wrong.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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