COGNITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cognitive mean? 

• COGNITIVE (adjective)
  The adjective COGNITIVE has 1 sense:

1. of or being or relating to or involving cognition

  Familiarity information: COGNITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COGNITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or being or relating to or involving cognition

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cognitive style

Pertainym:

cognition (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

Derivation:

cognize (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about)

 Context examples 

A brief quantitative test used for assessing cognitive function in adults.

(Mini-Mental Status Exam, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent exhibits pronounced wakefulness-promoting activity (without sympathomimetic activity) and may improve cognitive function in certain clinical settings.

(Modafinil, NCI Thesaurus)

This condition is called mild cognitive impairment, or MCI.

(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version (MHIS-NACC) Stepwise deterioration (re: cognitive status).

(MHIS-NACC - Stepwise Deterioration, NCI Thesaurus)

Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version (MHIS-NACC) Abrupt onset (re: cognitive status).

(MHIS-NACC - Abrupt Onset, NCI Thesaurus)

A related problem, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), causes more memory problems than normal for people of the same age.

(Alzheimer's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language.

(Alzheimer's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Also, a range of cognitive tests were performed related to short-term memory, verbal comprehension and knowledge, psychomotor speed, visual processing, long-term storage and retrieval, and cognitive processing speed.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)

A physical or cognitive mental abnormality caused by maternal alcohol consumption and its toxic effect on the developing embryo during pregnancy.

(Alcohol Related Birth Defect, NCI Thesaurus)

A cognitive and neurological disorder due to fetal intrauterine exposure to maternal alcohol consumption.

(Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)