Cognition

Relating to cognition, the mental processes involved in the gathering, organization, and use of knowledge, including such aspects as awareness, perception, reasoning, and ...

cognition

Education; Teaching

Letter Mental abilities of knowing, perceiving, and understanding. Cognitive process Mental process such as knowing, perceiving, and understanding.

cognition

Language; Linguistics

Relates to all aspects of conscious and unconscious mental function. In particular, cognition constitutes the mental events (mechanisms and processes) and knowledge involved in a ...

cognition

Psychology; General psychology

Processes of knowing, including attending, remembering, and reasoning; also the content of the processes, such as concepts and memories.

cognition

Medical; Human genome

1) Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge. 2) The act or process of knowing, perceiving, or remembering. 3) Act or process of ...

eugenics

Biology; Human genome

Eugenics is a bio-social movement which advocates the practice that very talented people should spread their genes by having more children, and less talented people should be ...

celiac disease

Medical; Human genome

A digestive disease that is caused by an immune response to a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Celiac disease damages the lining of the ...

atherosclerosis

Medical; Human genome

1) Age, lifestyle, diet, and gene related degeneration of arteries due to deposition of lipoid plaques (atheromas) on inner arterial walls; main cause of coronary artery disease, ...

astigmatism

Medical; Human genome

1) Unequal curvature of the refractive surfaces of the eye. Thus a point source of light cannot be brought to a point focus on the retina but is spread over a more or less ...

bone marrow transplantation

Medical; Human genome

The transference of bone marrow from one human or animal to another.

cavernous

Medical; Human genome

1) Having caverns or cavities. 2) Of tissue: composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.