How to Use cognition in a Sentence

cognition

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  • Their brains were likely larger than ours, though it’s not known how that affected their cognition.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2020
  • Previous studies often compared cognition in one breed against another using small sample sizes of dogs from each.
    — Viviane Callier, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2020
  • Some of them lacked motivation, or were unable to choose the right bucket, and those animals wouldn’t be suited to being subjects in a cognition test.
    — Candice Wang, Popular Science, 27 May 2020
  • People who practice Pilates have reported improved moods and cognition.
    — Amy Kwan, Verywell Health, 3 Jan. 2025
  • This research has the potential to settle the issue of the relationship of adolescent marijuana use to changes in cognition.
    — Godfrey Pearlson, Scientific American, 7 May 2020
  • My PhD research traversed both human cognition and machine intelligence.
    — Will Knight, Wired, 25 June 2020
  • Other therapies simply looked at improvements in cognition over time, but technically, weren’t looking for the disease’s chaotic signature in the brain.
    — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 30 July 2020
  • Human cognition is inseparable from the unconscious emotional responses that go with it.
    — Adrian Bardon, Scientific American, 26 June 2020
  • The idea that video games can boost cognition isn’t new, either.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
  • For the study, the researchers ran the young dogs through a battery of four tasks designed to test their social cognition.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2021
  • Searle meant to make a point about the limits of machine cognition.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2021
  • These students were at lower risk on all four of the cognitions measured above.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Having more glial cells has been linked to more adaptive cognition, the researchers said.
    — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The main constraint for all these tasks today is cognition.
    — Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024
  • But researchers don't know what these brain changes might mean for people's health and cognition.
    — ABC News, 7 Nov. 2021
  • In fact, one of the patients’ cognition improved slightly.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition, the study authors turned to songbirds.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
  • High concentrations of lead in the blood can cause problems with the heart, kidneys and cognition.
    — Bydr. Rebecca Fujimura, ABC News, 17 May 2022
  • In the wild, they’ve been observed using tools—a benchmark of higher cognition.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Getting out in nature is proven to boost moods and improve cognition.
    — Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
  • All of these changes have the potential to affect cognition and mental health.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The goal with drugs such as donanemab isn't to cure the disease, but to preserve a person's memory and cognition for longer.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Our human abilities are thus challenged by the rest of the living world: Look at what your cognition has wrought.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • No one has any idea what these new facts imply for the evolution of human cognition.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The Biden press conference, which lasted for nearly an hour, was a night to celebrate cognition in the 81-year-old leader of the free world.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
  • In simple terms, Nooceptin works in 3 key ways to promote brain health and enhance cognition.
    — Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Even the compounds that cleared amyloid did not affect cognition.
    — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But there are so many misconceptions about the role of dopamine in cognition and behavior.
    — Scott Barry Kaufman, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2020
  • My mildly impaired cognition had a hard time taking this in.
    — John Crowley, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • Another common concern is fluoride’s impact on children’s cognition.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024

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