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Cognitive

Deutsch: Kognitive / Español: Cognitivo / Português: Cognitivo / Français: Cognitif / Italiano: Cognitivo /

Cognitive that which pertains to cognition, the process of knowing and, more precisely, the process of being aware, knowing, thinking, learning and judging.

The study of cognition touches on the fields of psychology, linguistics, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, ethology and philosophy. "Cognitive" comes from the Latin word "cognoscere" which means "to become acquainted with". Cognoscere is made up of "co-" + "gnoscere" which means to come to know. Epistemic is another term for Cognitive.

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