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The term cognition (Latin: cognoscere, "to know") is used in several loosely related ways to refer to a facility for the human-like processing of information, applying knowledge and changing preferences ( see, for ex., IPK cognitive architecture). Cognition/(cognitive processes) can be natural and artificial, conscious and not conscious; therefore, they are analyzed from different perspectives and in different contexts, in neurology, psychology, philosophy, systemics and computer science. The concept of cognition is closely related to such abstract concepts as mind, reasoning, perception, intelligence, learning, and many others that describe numerous capabilities of human mind and expected properties of artificial or synthetic intelligence. Cognition is an abstract property of advanced living organisms; therefore, it is studied as a direct property of a brain or of an abstract mind on subsymbolic and symbolic levels.
In psychology and in artificial intelligence, it is used to refer to the mental functions, mental processes and states of intelligent entities (humans, human organizations, highly autonomous robots), with a particular focus toward the study of such mental processes as comprehension, inferencing, decision-making, planning and learning (see also cognitive science and cognitivism). Recently, advanced cognitive researchers have been especially focused on the capacities of abstraction, generalization, concretization/specialization and meta-reasoning which descriptions involve such concepts as beliefs, knowledge, desires, preferences and intentions of intelligent individuals/objects/agents/systems.
The term "cognition" is also used in a wider sense to mean the act of knowing or knowledge, and may be interpreted in a social or cultural sense to describe the emergent development of knowledge and concepts within a group that culminate in both thought and action.
2006-10-02 19:41:21
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answered by mallimalar_2000 7
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Cognitive function is an intellectual process by which a person becomes aware of, perceives or comprehends ideas and it involves all the aspects of perception, thinking, reasoning and recall.
2006-10-03 02:39:31
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answered by TweetyBird 7
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Cognitive function is about understanding and problem solving. Like in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, where it aims to change the way you look at things and therefore alter the way you react to certain situation.
2006-10-03 02:39:39
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answered by B T 3
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The ability to differentiate the plausible from the actual. For instance....
I could see a WHITE woman driving a bmw. She's on her cellphone and at a stop light by me. I think to myself that she's actually looking at me and hoping I'll turn and smile at her. It's plausible, right? Well the cognitive side of this is being able to actually know that she's talking to her lover and she's driving over to his office during lunch to give him a hand job and a good workout (because she's a whore). As well, the shiny glimmer that's prancing off of her ring finger tells me that she's married and her husband is out of town.
ACTUAL.
PHANWA IN THE MACHINE
2006-10-03 02:36:08
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answered by BlackPantherNightmare 2
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Something George W. Bush lacks entirely.
2006-10-03 02:31:44
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answered by Nebula D 5
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An intellectual process resulting in an understanding, perception, or awareness of one’s ideas.
2006-10-03 02:30:55
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answered by str8trisor 2
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you are presently in the beta consciousness. this is your aware state. it is where you reason.now go to bed and get some alpha state.it is late. there is also theta. this is where your brain tells your body when and where and how. to heal it self. delta is a state unknown so for. to humans. but that is where i think the soul leaves the body. a little more then you asking. but so what.
2006-10-03 02:37:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Reasoning; brain power.
2006-10-03 02:30:05
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answered by Picture Taker 7
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sorry i have lost the ability to remember the answer due to cognitive disfunction.
not coginitive, is that a word?
2006-10-03 02:36:36
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answered by getit 4
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as far as I know it is the fuction of your brain and thought patterns
try this:
wikipedia.com
2006-10-03 02:40:25
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answered by Daisy 2
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