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  • adverb Relating to thinking (cognition).

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  • adverb with regard to cognition

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Examples

  • But people who also engage in cognitively demanding activities (reading, writing, crossword puzzles and other activities) are least likely to develop memory loss — they’re also more likely to outlive people who led active lifestyles but didn’t engage in mental stimulation (though to some extent exercising your body can exercise your brain).

    Exercise Improves Life Expectancy Equivalent To Quitting Smoking | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Some people described as cognitively impaired have anomalous patterns of cognitive skills, in some ways failing to attain, but in other ways exceeding, levels typical for the species.

    Feminist Perspectives on Disability Silvers, Anita 2009

  • Metaphor will probably take a few posts, as few really agree about what's going on in metaphor cognitively, which is likely because there are many types of metaphors.

    Down with Politics, Up with Cognition! Chris 2004

  • Their cognition was evaluated using a standardized test, and those who performed well below the average were classified as cognitively impaired, Middleton said.

    Canadian Online Health News 2010

  • Their cognition was evaluated using a standardized test, and those who performed well below the average were classified as cognitively impaired, Middleton said.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2010

  • You see, most limitations of research get put rather automatically to the conclusions section of a research paper, and if you read one of these peer reviewed articles they read very "cognitively"and you get a sense one is just listing them just because they are compelled to do so.

    Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D.: Twinkie Diet: Empty Calories, Full Wisdom Ph.D. Kevin J. Fleming 2010

  • You see, most limitations of research get put rather automatically to the conclusions section of a research paper, and if you read one of these peer reviewed articles they read very "cognitively" and you get a sense one is just listing them just because they are compelled to do so.

    Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D.: Twinkie Diet: Empty Calories, Full Wisdom Ph.D. Kevin J. Fleming 2010

  • How pitiful the Obama campaign has become to hide behind these kind of cognitively deprived individuals and let them do their dirty work.

    Schneider: How did Clinton win big? 2008

  • He noted in a recent interview, “The 10,000-hours rule says that if you look at any kind of cognitively complex field, from playing chess to being a neurosurgeon, we see this incredibly consistent pattern that you cannot be good at that unless you practice for 10,000 hours, which is roughly ten years, if you think about four hours a day.”

    Archive 2008-11-01 Tony Rossell 2008

  • He noted in a recent interview, “The 10,000-hours rule says that if you look at any kind of cognitively complex field, from playing chess to being a neurosurgeon, we see this incredibly consistent pattern that you cannot be good at that unless you practice for 10,000 hours, which is roughly ten years, if you think about four hours a day.”

    The Importance of Membership Marketing Expertise Tony Rossell 2008

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