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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

language, linguistic process go
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication

reading
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

noun.cognition

4 Subcategories

speed-reading go
reading at speeds significantly faster than normal
perusal, perusing, poring over, studying go
reading carefully with intent to remember
browse, browsing go
reading superficially or at random
skimming, skim go
reading or glancing through quickly