The term cognition (Latin: cognoscere, "to know") is used in several loosely-related ways to refer to a facility for the human like processing of information, applying knowledge and changing preferences ( see, for ex. IPK cognitive architecture). Cognition/(cognitive processes) can be natural and artificial, conscious and not conscious, therefore they are analyzed from different perspectives and in different contexts, in neurology, psychology, philosophy, systemics and computer science. The concept cognition is closely related to such abstract concepts as, mind, reasoning, perception, intelligence, learning, and many others which describe numerous capabilities of human mind and expected properties of artificial or synthetic intelligence. Cognition is an abstract property of advanced living organisms, therefore it is studied as a direct property of a brain or of an abstract mind on subsymbolic and symbolic levels.

In psychology and in artificial intelligence it is used to refer to the mental functions, mental processes and states of intelligent entities (humans, human organizations, highly autonomous robots), with a particular focus toward the study of such mental processes as, comprehension, inferencing, decision-making, planning and learning (see also cognitive science and cognitivism). Recently, advanced cognitive researchers are especially focused on the capacities of abstraction, generalization, concretization/specialization and meta-reasoning which descriptions involve such concepts as, beliefs, knowledge, desires, preferences and intentions of intelligent individuals/objects/agents/systems.

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thirdagetimes (ThirdAge Times) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:55:19 -0000
Diets rich in berries, nuts, and certain spices may lower age-related cognitive declines http://bit.ly/ttmyq
RT @Richard_Dawkins: "...functional properties of our cognitive systems that lean toward a belief in supernatural..." http://short.to/w5jt
kyle_kauffman (Kyle Kauffman) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:15 -0000
RT @Richard_Dawkins: "...functional properties of our cognitive systems that lean toward a belief in supernatural..." http://short.to/w5jt
RT @DharmaTalks: Let's find balance in R life between R loving creative self, n R cognitive, taking care of business self. #Love #Awakening
TarotHeals (Cindy Griffith) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:40:57 -0000
RT @DharmaTalks: Let's find balance in R life between R loving creative self, n R cognitive, taking care of business self. #Love #Awakening
RT @ksbrannock: Tasks of the Inquiry Search Process: feelings (affective) + thoughts (cognitive) + actions (physical) #aasl2009
buffyjhamilton (Buffy Hamilton) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:40:14 -0000
RT @ksbrannock: Tasks of the Inquiry Search Process: feelings (affective) + thoughts (cognitive) + actions (physical) #aasl2009
#aasl2009 Models of Information Search Process contains actions (physical) and thoughts (cognitive) and there is also the feelings affective
brendadanderson (brendadanderson) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:36:39 -0000
#aasl2009 Models of Information Search Process contains actions (physical) and thoughts (cognitive) and there is also the feelings affective
Tasks of the Inquiry Search Process: feelings (affective) + thoughts (cognitive) + actions (physical) #aasl2009
ksbrannock (Kelly Brannock) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:36:12 -0000
Tasks of the Inquiry Search Process: feelings (affective) + thoughts (cognitive) + actions (physical) #aasl2009

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