cognition

mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
Intangible biological_process Q2200417
cognition
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cognition

Summary

cognition is a biological process[1]. cognition ranks in the top 0.91% of biological_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,735 views/month, #4 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • cognition's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • cognition's instance of is recorded as type of process[4].
  • cognition's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • cognition's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • cognition's instance of is recorded as field of study[7].
  • cognition is a type of cognitive process[8].
  • cognition is a type of nervous system process[9].
  • cognition is part of psychological terminology[10].
  • cognition's Commons category is recorded as Cognition[11].
  • cognition comprises perception[12].
  • cognition comprises attention[13].
  • cognition comprises recall[14].
  • cognition comprises learning[15].
  • cognition comprises planning[16].
  • cognition comprises orientation[17].
  • cognition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cognition[18].
  • cognition's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19].
  • cognition's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[20].
  • cognition's has characteristic is recorded as cognitive complexity[21].
  • cognition's has characteristic is recorded as cognitive style[22].
  • cognition's has characteristic is recorded as cognitive flexibility[23].
  • cognition's has characteristic is recorded as schema[24].
  • cognition's studied by is recorded as cognitive science[25].
  • cognition's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0050890[26].
  • cognition's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include biological process[3], type of process[4], academic discipline[5], and field of study[6]. Recorded subclass of include cognitive process[8] and nervous system process[9].

Use and Application

Components include perception[12], a core concept[28]; attention[13]; recall[14]; learning[15], a behavior[29]; planning[16], a skill[30]; and orientation[17]. cognition is part of psychological terminology[10].

Why It Matters

cognition ranks in the top 0.91% of biological_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,735 views/month, #4 of 442).[2] cognition has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] cognition is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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