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Cognition

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Brain 76% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Equivalent 76% connected

Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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History 76% connected

A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a descr…

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Inability 76% connected

The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Lexicon 76% connected

A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of e…

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Nous 76% connected

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Perception 76% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Psyche 76% connected

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Vocabulary 76% connected

A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or aut…

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Knowledge 92% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Attention 84% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

Selective concentration on information.

confirmation bias 84% connected

The habit of noticing evidence that agrees with what you already think.

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

Preference for evidence supporting existing beliefs.

Perception 84% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

Interpretation of sensory information.

Schema 84% connected

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are…

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

A mental framework for organising information.

working memory 84% connected

The small amount of information the mind can actively use at one time.

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

Temporary active storage and processing.

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