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executive function

Mental skills used for planning, focus and self-control.

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Cognition 84% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

psychology of thinking 25% interchangeable

Mental control used for planning and regulation.

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Attention noun · 81% connection

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

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cognitive bias noun · 81% connection

A predictable way in which thinking can become distorted.

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confirmation bias noun · 81% connection

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

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Perception noun · 81% connection

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

Appears with this word in Psychology of thinking.
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Schema noun · 81% connection

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

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working memory noun · 81% connection

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

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Account noun · 78% connection

the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Acquire verb · 78% connection

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Concoction noun · 78% connection

The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Confectionery noun · 78% connection

the occupation and skills of a confectioner

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Contrivance noun · 78% connection

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Cool superl. · 78% connection

Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as,…

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Egotism noun · 78% connection

The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Focalize verb · 78% connection

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Focus verb · 78% connection

To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Forethought noun · 78% connection

A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.

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Hyperbola noun · 78% connection

A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Image noun · 78% connection

The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object sy…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Impotency noun · 78% connection

Want of self-restraint or self-control.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Larn verb · 78% connection

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

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Latus rectum unknown · 78% connection

The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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Lead time noun · 78% connection

the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process; "the lead times for many publications can vary tr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, skills, planning, focus, self-control.
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