cognition (n.), cognitive (adj.)

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Sum of the mental processes by which sensory input is stored, recovered, and used by the consciousbrain, including attention, memory, language usage, learning, reasoning, problem solving, and decision making.
Note: It usually refers to human information processing, but is sometimes used to describe learning and memory in rodents.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 857 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'cognition (n.), cognitive (adj.)' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11684 RIS BibTex EndNote
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