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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

process, operation, cognitive process, mental process, cognitive operation go
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity

higher cognitive process go
cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use

thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation go
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought go
thinking that is coherent and logical

analysis, analytic thinking
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

noun.cognition

7 Subcategories

partitioning, breakdown go
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
cost-benefit analysis go
an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs
dissection go
a minute and critical analysis
elimination, reasoning by elimination go
analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
reductionism go
the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents
systems analysis go
analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts
trend analysis go
analysis of changes over time