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Cognition

Cognition encompasses mental processes that deal with knowledge. It includes psychological activities that acquire, store, retrieve, transform, or apply information. Cognitive processes are a fundamental part of mental life, helping individuals understand and interact with the world.

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Cognition

Nodes359
Edges358
Triples125
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005571
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Cognition

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related to Connectionism · 13
Cognition → Accordingly, Another, At, Complex, Connectionism, Connectionists, For, However, Instead, It, Radical, The, This
related to Animal · 12
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related to Others · 12
Cognition → Automatic, By, Cognitive, Conscious, Controlled, For, One, Other, Phenomenal, These, Unconscious, Various
related to Artificial · 10
Cognition → An, Artificial, For, However, Human, In, It, The, These, This
related to Other fields · 10
Cognition → Cognitive, Epistemologists, For, It, Many, Other, Philosophers, Similarly, They, Various
related to Neuroscience · 9
Cognition → Another, Cognitive, EEG, For, It, PET, Researchers, These, They
related to Definition · 8
Cognition → Cognitions, For, However, It, Some, They, This, Thought
related to Classical computationalism · 7
Cognition → According, Computationalism, In, It, Researchers, The, Theories
related to Representationalism and anti-representationalism · 7
Cognition → Anti-representationalists, Both, For, Representationalists, Representations, They, This
related to Perception and attention · 6
Cognition → Certain, It, Object, Perception, Some, These

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Cognitionis atype of computation0.90text
Cognitionis aidea that cognitive processes are grounded in bodily experience and cannot be understood in isolation from the organism's sensorimotor capacities0.90text
Cognitionis astudy of the similarities and differences in cognitive abilities across species0.90text
Englishinstance ofsimilar to natural languages0.80text
learninginstance ofmental modules are also responsible for high-level cognitive processes by linking and integrating the outputs of low-level cognitive processes.Bayesianism uses probability theor…0.80text
visioninstance ofmental modules are also responsible for high-level cognitive processes by linking and integrating the outputs of low-level cognitive processes.Bayesianism uses probability theor…0.80text
and motor controlinstance ofmental modules are also responsible for high-level cognitive processes by linking and integrating the outputs of low-level cognitive processes.Bayesianism uses probability theor…0.80text
electrical or magnetic changesinstance ofThese techniques visualize neural processes by measuring phenomena0.80text
blood flow across different brain areasinstance ofThese techniques visualize neural processes by measuring phenomena0.80text
indicating local activity levelsinstance ofThese techniques visualize neural processes by measuring phenomena0.80text
fMRIinstance ofThe advent of neuroimaging techniques0.80text
PET revolutionized the neuroscientific study of cognitioninstance ofThe advent of neuroimaging techniques0.80text

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