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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

information go
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

stimulation, input, stimulant, stimulus
any stimulating information or event

noun.cognition

9 Subcategories

induction, evocation, elicitation go
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
kick go
the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
turn-on go
something causing excitement or stimulating interest
turnoff, negative stimulation go
something causing antagonism or loss of interest
conditioned stimulus go
the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response
reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer go
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
cue, discriminative stimulus go
a stimulus that provides information about what to do
positive stimulus go
a stimulus with desirable consequences
negative stimulus go
a stimulus with undesirable consequences