How to Use cognition in a Sentence

cognition

noun
  • That’s where cognition comes in.
    — Gurdip Singh, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • It is structured a bit like our own cognition.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The idea that video games can boost cognition isn’t new, either.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
  • That kind of tool still leaves your cognition engaged.
    — Christine Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But researchers don't know what these brain changes might mean for people's health and cognition.
    — ABC News, 7 Nov. 2021
  • In the middle are the people who have a medium need for cognition.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • People with a low need for cognition will tend to use AI to think less.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • These students were at lower risk on all four of the cognitions measured above.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • It is linked to better cognition and has benefits for mood, stress and sleep.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • One study has traced a buildup of iron in aging brains, linking it to sluggish cognition.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Running is a test of control, not cognition.
    — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Searle meant to make a point about the limits of machine cognition.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Hormones affect our cognition, sleep, joints and bones, mood.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • Getting out in nature is proven to boost moods and improve cognition.
    — Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Having more glial cells has been linked to more adaptive cognition, the researchers said.
    — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Pain can affect cognition and make pets in pain seem befuddled.
    — Kim Campbell Thornton, Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Your anger over your wife’s choices seems to have affected your cognition.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2021
  • No one has any idea what these new facts imply for the evolution of human cognition.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The use of poison for hunting also points to cognition.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The fear of losing cognition and health more than the fear of death itself motivates her work.
    — Meaghen Brown, Marie Claire, 2 Oct. 2017
  • There are people who can miss out on some sleep without major effects on their moods or cognition.
    — Perri Klass, M.d., New York Times, 17 Oct. 2016
  • Staying in led to greater sustained cognition.
    — Jon Sabes, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • Even the compounds that cleared amyloid did not affect cognition.
    — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The main goal of the study was to test whether solanezumab slowed the decline in cognition versus a placebo.
    — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2016
  • If cognition is not improved, then the treatment doesn’t matter.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • All of these changes have the potential to affect cognition and mental health.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Their brains were likely larger than ours, though it’s not known how that affected their cognition.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2020
  • Right now, some people have what psychologists call a high need for cognition.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Not just their attention, but their cognition, judgment, and sense of meaning are on the line.
    — Erica Dhawan, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
  • For the study, the researchers ran the young dogs through a battery of four tasks designed to test their social cognition.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2021

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