Cognition
Cognition is the totality of mental processes related to receiving, processing, remembering and using information.
Definition
Cognition includes attention, perception, memory, language, reasoning, decision-making, and problem solving. Thanks to cognitive processes, a person interprets situations and chooses actions. It is not a single mechanism, but a complex set of interacting functions.
Key ideas
Missing key ideas.
Practice and life
When dealing with a difficult problem, separate: what I see, what I interpret, what I remember and what decision I make from it.
Common misunderstanding
It is a mistake to assume that we see reality directly. Most experience passes through the filter of attention, memory and interpretation.
Questions for self-reflection
No questions for self-reflection.
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