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'''Cognitive processes''' aka '''Mental functions''' are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term ''cognitive'' tends to have specific implications - see [[cognitive]], [[Cognition]] and [[cognitivism]]) which indicate such functions or processes as [[perception]], [[introspection]], [[memory]], [[imagination]], [[conception]], [[belief]], [[reasoning]], [[volition]], and [[emotion]]. So cognitive processes are those involved in the acquisition, processing and use of [[knowledge]] and [[information]].
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'''Cognitive processes''' aka '''mental functions''' are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term ''cognitive'' tends to have specific implications - see [[cognitive]], [[cognition]] and [[cognitivism]]) which indicate such functions or processes as [[perception]], [[introspection]], [[memory]], [[imagination]], [[conception]], [[belief]], [[reasoning]], [[volition]], and [[emotion]]. So cognitive processes are those involved in the acquisition, processing and use of [[knowledge]] and [[information]].Further processes are:
   
==See also==
 
* [[cognitive]]
 
* [[cognitivism]]
 
* [[neurocognitive]]
 
* [[mental event]]
 
* [[Human information processes]]
 
 
* [[Associative processes]]
 
* [[Associative processes]]
 
* [[Classification (Cognitive process]]
 
* [[Classification (Cognitive process]]
 
* [[Cognitive discrimination]]
 
* [[Cognitive discrimination]]
 
* [[Cognitive generalization]]
 
* [[Cognitive generalization]]
* [[Cognitive maps]]
 
 
* [[Cognitive mediation]]
 
* [[Cognitive mediation]]
 
* [[Comprehension]]
 
* [[Comprehension]]
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* [[Concept formation]]
 
* [[Concept formation]]
 
* [[Decision making]]
 
* [[Decision making]]
 
* [[Fantasy]]
 
* [[Ideation]]
 
* [[Ideation]]
* [[Imagination]]
 
 
* [[Intuition]]
 
* [[Intuition]]
 
* [[Learning]]
 
* [[Mental rotation]]
 
* [[Mental rotation]]
 
* [[Metacognition]]
 
* [[Metacognition]]
 
* [[Naming]]
 
* [[Naming]]
 
* [[Problem solving]]
 
* [[Problem solving]]
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* [[Rumination (cognitiveprocess)|Rumination]]
* [[Schema]]
 
* [[Semantic generalization]]
 
* [[Social cognition]]
 
 
* [[Thinking]]
 
* [[Thinking]]
* [[Transposition (cognition)]]
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* [[Transposition (cognition)|Transposition]]
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==See also==
 
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
 
* [[Artificial Intelligence]]
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* [[Cognitive assessment]]
 
* [[Cognitive dissonance]]
 
* [[Cognitive dissonance]]
 
* [[Cognitive maps]]
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* [[Cognitive processing speed]]
 
* [[Cognitive psychology]]
 
* [[Cognitive psychology]]
 
* [[Conflict resolution]]
 
* [[Conflict resolution]]
 
* [[Connectionism]]
 
* [[Connectionism]]
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* [[Declarative knowledge]]
 
* [[Generation effect (Learning)]]
 
* [[Generation effect (Learning)]]
 
* [[Human information storage]]
 
* [[Human information storage]]
* [[Learning]]
 
 
* [[Learning strategies]]
 
* [[Learning strategies]]
* [[Memory]]
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* [[Mental event]]
 
* [[Mind]]
 
* [[Mind]]
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* [[Procedural knowledge]]
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* [[Neurocognitive]]
 
* [[Questioning]]
 
* [[Questioning]]
 
* [[Reality testing]]
 
* [[Reality testing]]
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* [[Schema]]
 
* [[Semantic generalization]]
 
* [[Spatial ability]]
 
* [[Spatial ability]]
 
* [[Social cognition]]
 
* [[Strategies]]
 
* [[Strategies]]
 
* [[Word associations]]
 
* [[Word associations]]
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Cognitive processes aka mental functions are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term cognitive tends to have specific implications - see cognitive, cognition and cognitivism) which indicate such functions or processes as perception, introspection, memory, imagination, conception, belief, reasoning, volition, and emotion. So cognitive processes are those involved in the acquisition, processing and use of knowledge and information.Further processes are:

See also